as in to devise
to create or think of by clever use of the imagination
anyone who drums up a better way of doing this tedious task will make a fortune
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Recent Examples of drum up
But as productivity improves with the advanced tech, business leaders will only continue to drum up even more revolutionary ideas, which will require a constant flow of work from humans.
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Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025
Still more protesters will be there to drum up support for Proposition 50, the ballot measure that could reshape the state’s congressional map and deliver up to five new Democratic seats in the US House.
—Katie Lauer, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
The hope is that leaking this footage, as well as other assets in the coming weeks, will drum up the buzz needed to get the movie made.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Oct. 2025
This play doesn’t drum up hatred.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2025
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Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025
Still more protesters will be there to drum up support for Proposition 50, the ballot measure that could reshape the state’s congressional map and deliver up to five new Democratic seats in the US House.
—Katie Lauer, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
The hope is that leaking this footage, as well as other assets in the coming weeks, will drum up the buzz needed to get the movie made.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Oct. 2025
This play doesn’t drum up hatred.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drum up
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Last summer, researchers devised a method to translate internal representations of sentences from one language model to another.—
Ben Brubaker,
Quanta Magazine,
7 Jan. 2026
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Of all the schemes that humans have devised to keep sea lions from gorging on the salmon of the Columbia River basin, none has worked for long.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
7 Jan. 2026
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In Santa Rosa, Cosmic Buildings is constructing Prasanna Vasudavan's new home.—
Kenny Choi,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Bedlore Mattress Topper The mattress topper is constructed using a bamboo fabric mix, which helps with breathability.—
Izzy Baskette,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
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The administration concocts a legal rationale for a foreign policy objective.—
Editorial Board,
Washington Post,
5 Jan. 2026
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Notably, the computers seem to have a knack for concocting bizarre physics experiments — designs that humans wouldn’t think of, which nevertheless work.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
17 Dec. 2025
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Putnam raised the example of how, during the previous upswing, organizations like the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts were invented just a few years apart, because people recognized that young people needed mentors.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
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James Cameron continues to invent new technology to make films, and that does not end with the third installment of the Avatar saga.—
Fred Topel,
Deadline,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Drum up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drum%20up. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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