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
This backstory, too long to fit into a text message, was part of what gave the Times Square event its significance: Garcia and Haney were each fighting separately, against opponents they were favored to beat, in order to drum up interest in a future rematch.
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Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 6 May 2025
Democratic senators alleged Friday that tech billionaire Elon Musk may have used his White House job to drum up private deals in foreign countries for Starlink, his satellite internet service.
—David Ingram, NBC news, 2 May 2025
Another is to grow a network of in-house influencers to drum up support for changes ahead while distributing important information about those changes.
—Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Since news broke of Binod’s ICE detention, Idahoans have spread information online hoping to drum up support for his plight.
—Carolyn Komatsoulis, Idaho Statesman, 11 Apr. 2025
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Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 6 May 2025
Democratic senators alleged Friday that tech billionaire Elon Musk may have used his White House job to drum up private deals in foreign countries for Starlink, his satellite internet service.
—David Ingram, NBC news, 2 May 2025
Another is to grow a network of in-house influencers to drum up support for changes ahead while distributing important information about those changes.
—Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Since news broke of Binod’s ICE detention, Idahoans have spread information online hoping to drum up support for his plight.
—Carolyn Komatsoulis, Idaho Statesman, 11 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drum up
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President Trump's tariffs are upending retailer supply chains, forcing them to devise workarounds.—
Megan Cerullo,
CBS News,
9 May 2025
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Solving problems like the most efficient way to use an aircraft cargo hold, or helping devise the next generation of long-term storage batteries, is only part of the IonQ mission.—
Forbes.com,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2025
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Archaeologists rediscover 17th-century brick kiln at William & Mary A team of archaeologists at the College of William & Mary, the second-oldest university in the United States, recently rediscovered a brick kiln used to help construct the Wren Building.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
9 May 2025
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In total, the crews constructed three embankment dams made of dirt and stone, the highest of which was about 26 feet tall.—
Monica Cull,
Discover Magazine,
9 May 2025
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The book centers on Amber Patterson concocting a plan to get closer to the wealthy Daphne Parrish, whose lavish life Amber envies.—
Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Apr. 2025
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The creator of the modern-day Tequila Sunrise, concocted and popularized in a Sausalito bar in the 1970s, has died.—
Grace Toohey,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2025
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And what if an amazing Jewish émigré scientist—Richard Dreyfuss, say—had already invented the technology?—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
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Now, the Entity intends to annihilate humanity in four days unless it can be taken offline by a key that accesses a gizmo in the Arctic Sea that connects to a whatsit that Ving Rhames’s weary Luther is attempting to invent from a makeshift hospital bed somewhere in the subway tunnels of London.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2025
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