as in concocting
to create or think of by clever use of the imagination
she quickly devised a new scheme when the first one failed
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Recent Examples of devising
Bob-Waksberg and his collaborators retain their impressive gift for devising ludicrous comic set pieces to go alongside the heavier material.
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Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 22 Aug. 2025
Butorac has spent much of the past year quizzing, cajoling and nudging those stars, ultimately devising a format geared to their needs.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
Humanity has built upon this richness, devising creative solutions to problems, shaping cultures and nations and generating art and knowledge for both utility and wonder.
—Neeraj Gulati, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Users, meanwhile, are devising ways to get around the barriers without giving up their identities.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 6 Aug. 2025
Increasing the amount of the bond or devising additional conditions doesn’t change the calculus given the circumstances and heavy burden of proof that Combs bears.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 4 Aug. 2025
He is accused of devising the scheme using a contraband cell phone, from which authorities recovered several recordings of the Brooklyn native detailing the plot.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 10 Mar. 2025
The usual path to devising generative AI consists of what is known as autoregressive LLMs, while the promising new avenue is referred to as diffusion LLMs (dLLMs).
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
Researchers have likewise been devising special-purpose tools for compressing genomic data, with new ones popping up in the academic literature about once a month.
—Dmitri Pavlichin, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Aug. 2018
Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 22 Aug. 2025
Butorac has spent much of the past year quizzing, cajoling and nudging those stars, ultimately devising a format geared to their needs.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
Humanity has built upon this richness, devising creative solutions to problems, shaping cultures and nations and generating art and knowledge for both utility and wonder.
—Neeraj Gulati, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Users, meanwhile, are devising ways to get around the barriers without giving up their identities.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 6 Aug. 2025
Increasing the amount of the bond or devising additional conditions doesn’t change the calculus given the circumstances and heavy burden of proof that Combs bears.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 4 Aug. 2025
He is accused of devising the scheme using a contraband cell phone, from which authorities recovered several recordings of the Brooklyn native detailing the plot.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 10 Mar. 2025
The usual path to devising generative AI consists of what is known as autoregressive LLMs, while the promising new avenue is referred to as diffusion LLMs (dLLMs).
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
Researchers have likewise been devising special-purpose tools for compressing genomic data, with new ones popping up in the academic literature about once a month.
—Dmitri Pavlichin, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Aug. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for devising
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Not only is the kitchen fully on display but a separate alcove is given over to his highly technical lab, a play space dedicated to fermentation, aging, preserving and otherwise concocting.—
Ann Abel,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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That isn't stopping Andy Bailey of Bleacher Report from concocting a massive trade proposal that would send the nine-time All-Star to the New York Knicks.—
Ricardo Klein,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Aug. 2025
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This approach requires constructing a clear, detailed vision of what the organization could look like once AI is embedded into its operating model.—
Peter Bendor-Samuel,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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The research team attempted to show the practical application of their idea by constructing a green wall made of 56 plants that produced enough light to see text, images and a person located up to 10 centimeters (four inches) away, according to the study.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
3 Sep. 2025
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Yet, bizarrely, the TV show undercuts this angle by inventing a serial killer nurse from whole cloth, a move that shifts the blame away from systemic forces and toward a motiveless scoundrel.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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Despite his resistance to participating in yet another documentary—and the show’s underuse of him, in what is either a callback to The Office or a failure to learn from its mistakes—Oscar ends up inventing number games.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
3 Sep. 2025
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The findings even suggest that modest design modifications can yield substantial benefits, offering engineers flexibility in designing future reactors by balancing performance with engineering complexity.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Sep. 2025
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Tom Hammock, along with key cast and crew, delves into the intricacies of designing the terror that grips this unsuspecting community.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Devising.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/devising. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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