as in devises
to create or think of by clever use of the imagination
she's a master at excogitating reasons not to do her assigned work
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invents
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Imagine that a country invents AGI before any other country.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025 -
Until someone invents smell-o-vision, fragrance ads must rely on inventive ways to woo consumers through sight and sound.—
Katie Schultz,
Architectural Digest,
4 Oct. 2024
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“Excogitates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excogitates. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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