as in devises
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 drums up
Randy Newman’s score even drums up a rousing Viking chant.
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Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026
Schanelec drums up this particular time period with such focus on the moving parts that we are left knowing that change is the only constant.
—Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 17 Feb. 2026
As Walmart’s online business drums up more revenue from home deliveries, advertising and commissions from sellers on its third-party marketplace, e-commerce has become a profitable business.
—Melissa Repko, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2025
Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026
Schanelec drums up this particular time period with such focus on the moving parts that we are left knowing that change is the only constant.
—Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 17 Feb. 2026
As Walmart’s online business drums up more revenue from home deliveries, advertising and commissions from sellers on its third-party marketplace, e-commerce has become a profitable business.
—Melissa Repko, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drums up
Verb
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Now saddled with the moral dilemma of keeping the money or turning it in, the trio devises a simple plan.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 June 2026
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Bright leads the cast of Off Campus as Hannah, a music student who devises a fake dating scheme with hockey star Garrett in order to catch the attention of her crush, Justin.—
Katie Mannion,
PEOPLE,
13 May 2026
Verb
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The mRNA is then read by a piece of molecular machinery called the ribosome, which constructs the protein — a process called translation.—
Philip Ball,
Quanta Magazine,
18 June 2026
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The way a child constructs and engages with the scene can help the therapist explore underlying emotions and unconscious themes.—
Hannah Silverman,
Parents,
17 June 2026
Verb
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Driver’s character concocts a way for the duo to start an environmental business together as Russians, largely the mafia, are involved in recalibrating a canal in New York City.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
17 May 2026
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The bleak tortures Ohm concocts for his characters are as vile as the Bilberry’s fetid jacuzzi.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
Verb
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For a few minutes, nobody cared that this team is an expensive, disjointed, underperforming, charisma-free mess that invents ways to lose.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
11 June 2026
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That kind of popularity and radiant goodness produces a lineage of artists but doesn’t have the crowd appeal of a lone genius who invents a flying machine or pulls a seventeen-foot sculpture out of a block of marble.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Daniella designs her own pieces and also curates work from other quality Caymanian brands—a one-stop shop for the best of what this island produces.—
Baz Dreisinger,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
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The same physician who designs the hairline at the morning consultation is still in the room placing grafts in the afternoon.—
Ascend Agency,
Denver Post,
18 June 2026
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“Drums up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drums%20up. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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