as in devising
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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Some other way of devising AI might be required.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026 -
Working with industry qubits Imec’s genius is not in devising a new kind of qubit but in using one that’s the easiest to scale.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
26 May 2026
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Yet, in 1911, another group of engineers suggested harnessing the force of the stream by constructing a 20-foot hydroelectric dam at Rush Creek and channeling the river overflow through the mountain via a half-mile-long tunnel.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
6 July 2025
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Similarly, when your salespeople are constructing proposals and contracts, engineers can serve in a go-between capacity, ensuring that your services are optimized for a true win-win arrangement.—
Serenity Gibbons,
Forbes.com,
3 July 2025
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The preview also shows West concocting his Sunday Service before delving down his own rabbit hole.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
13 Aug. 2025
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But in a high-stakes environment like the postseason, with opposing lineups concocting ultra-focused game plans, those quick shifts on the mound can be the difference between crucial wins and brutal losses.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
7 Aug. 2025
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The errors have ranged from relatively minor pronunciation gaffes to significant changes to story content, like misattributing or inventing quotes and inserting commentary, such as interpreting a source’s quotes as the paper’s position on an issue.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
11 Dec. 2025
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Intrator also defended the company’s debt strategy, saying CoreWeave is effectively inventing a new financing model for AI infrastructure.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
10 Dec. 2025
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Bureaucrats are neither designing nor implementing the screenings, a process that has been both deliberate and collaborative.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Aug. 2025
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Researchers are designing systems that can sense and interpret context in real time, tracking metrics like attention, tone, and engagement.—
Marc Fernandez,
IEEE Spectrum,
21 Aug. 2025
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