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
For OpenAI especially, devising new revenue streams is crucial.
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Billy Perrigo, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
The two quickly built a rapport, and Preservation began sending ‘Nandez beats, eventually inviting him to New Orleans to hang out while devising the project’s sonic core and predominant themes.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2025
With final approval, the district will now form a seven-member architectural review committee that will be charged with devising design review guidelines for the area.
—Killian Baarlaer, Louisville Courier Journal, 28 Sep. 2025
In devising the schedules, the conference office aimed for competitive balance, taking into account each team’s records from 2021-24 and using them to strategically place matchups.
—Seth Emerson, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2025
At the same time, the Justice Department is devising its own means to target anyone who opposes the President’s immigration policies.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2025
The life sciences sector is increasingly ambitious in its drug development activity, discovering and harnessing new molecules and devising more targeted therapies with implications for clinical trials and in-market safety monitoring.
—Aman Wasan, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The position is a study in multitasking, and Rivas has a hand in everything from prepping for markups, devising questions for hearings and meeting with policy experts in Washington and constituent groups in Aguilar’s Southern California district.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 18 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, researchers were devising methods to make McIntoshes more reliable to grow and using the McIntosh to develop hybrid apples like the Cortland and Milton.
—Mark Dent, HubSpot, 12 Sep. 2025
Billy Perrigo, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
The two quickly built a rapport, and Preservation began sending ‘Nandez beats, eventually inviting him to New Orleans to hang out while devising the project’s sonic core and predominant themes.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2025
With final approval, the district will now form a seven-member architectural review committee that will be charged with devising design review guidelines for the area.
—Killian Baarlaer, Louisville Courier Journal, 28 Sep. 2025
In devising the schedules, the conference office aimed for competitive balance, taking into account each team’s records from 2021-24 and using them to strategically place matchups.
—Seth Emerson, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2025
At the same time, the Justice Department is devising its own means to target anyone who opposes the President’s immigration policies.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2025
The life sciences sector is increasingly ambitious in its drug development activity, discovering and harnessing new molecules and devising more targeted therapies with implications for clinical trials and in-market safety monitoring.
—Aman Wasan, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The position is a study in multitasking, and Rivas has a hand in everything from prepping for markups, devising questions for hearings and meeting with policy experts in Washington and constituent groups in Aguilar’s Southern California district.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 18 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, researchers were devising methods to make McIntoshes more reliable to grow and using the McIntosh to develop hybrid apples like the Cortland and Milton.
—Mark Dent, HubSpot, 12 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for devising
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Orbán has long sought to consolidate his power through concocting scapegoats for Hungary’s ills.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
19 Sep. 2025
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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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Workers have finished constructing the large yellow capsule on a wharf near Shanghai.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Oct. 2025
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From constructing ramps to inventing imaginative new worlds, Rail Racers proves Magna-Tiles are endlessly modular and fun.—
Emily Glover,
Parents,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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From constructing ramps to inventing imaginative new worlds, Rail Racers proves Magna-Tiles are endlessly modular and fun.—
Emily Glover,
Parents,
2 Oct. 2025
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Berners-Lee is admired in a similar spirit—not only for inventing the web but for refusing to patent it.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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The museum’s executive director Steve Gilreath visited over 30 museums in the process of curating and designing the space.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
3 Oct. 2025
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The majority — or 57% of the conversations analyzed — related to curriculum development, like designing lesson plans and assignments.—
Lee V. Gaines,
NPR,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Devising.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/devising. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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