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
Indeed, those connected services and their possible links to the Chinese state were scary enough to US lawmakers to drum up bipartisan support for new regulations that bar their import, absent an authorization from the Department of Commerce.
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Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 2 June 2026
Marcus Romero and Alberto Parra were out on their Saturday morning canvassing neighborhoods in Oakland to drum up support for Measure E.
—John Ramos, CBS News, 31 May 2026
Organizations like the Camden County chapter of the NAACP and the ACLU-NJ drummed up attention to these figures by issuing announcements and press briefings.
—John A. Shjarback, The Conversation, 25 May 2026
One industry insider takes an optimistic view, suggesting that multimillion-dollar prediction markets could help drum up excitement and ratings.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 22 May 2026
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Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 2 June 2026
Marcus Romero and Alberto Parra were out on their Saturday morning canvassing neighborhoods in Oakland to drum up support for Measure E.
—John Ramos, CBS News, 31 May 2026
Organizations like the Camden County chapter of the NAACP and the ACLU-NJ drummed up attention to these figures by issuing announcements and press briefings.
—John A. Shjarback, The Conversation, 25 May 2026
One industry insider takes an optimistic view, suggesting that multimillion-dollar prediction markets could help drum up excitement and ratings.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 22 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for drum up
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drum up
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Security firm Varonis devised an exploit chain that was able to catapult over these guardrails.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
16 June 2026
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The researchers were Stanford psychologists carrying out an experiment on impulse control devised by Walter Mischel.—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
16 June 2026
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The fact that Claridge’s dug deep into the grounds underneath to construct a 7,000-square-foot spa and wellness area showed how invested the hotel is in this topic.—
Tianwei Zhang,
Footwear News,
17 June 2026
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And two, because much like her work itself, our interview included layered discussion of constructing and shaping identities.—
Stephanie Shih
June 17,
Los Angeles Times,
17 June 2026
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Every detail is accurate, though the picture as a whole is an invention, concocted from multiple views, locations, and studies.—
Susan Tallman,
The Atlantic,
13 June 2026
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Investigators believed Simko met one of the suspects at a cannabis festival in Ann Arbor, where the suspects reportedly concocted a plan to set up a fake business deal and steal what officials said was upwards of 50 pounds of marijuana.—
DeJanay Booth-Singleton,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
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Remember Bonnie, the adorable five-year-old who inherited Andy’s old toys and, in a stroke of brilliance, invented one of her own by gluing a pair of googly eyes onto a cheap white spork?—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
16 June 2026
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But there is now chatter of other scenarios — some legit, some planted for negotiating purposes, some invented — and that may get louder leading up to draft day.—
Marc Topkin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 June 2026
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