as in to devise
to create or think of by clever use of the imagination
the marketing department is trying to think up better ways to pitch our product to younger consumers
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The commonly mistaken base assumption is that the greatest minds that have devised AI and consumed so much money doing so must certainly know every iota of how AI works.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026 -
Building on a concept devised by the director and producer Pierre-Henri Léon, Santiago Otheguy’s script plays fast and loose with Bizet’s opera and the Prosper Mérimée novella that inspired it — to the point of inventing an entirely new protagonist.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
31 May 2026
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But constructing ever-bulkier hardware rapidly runs into physical and economic obstacles that limit the size of any single telescope and the sharpness of our cosmic views.—
K. R. Callaway,
Scientific American,
27 May 2026
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The former Dolphins standout joins a lineup at the position that also features Courtland Sutton, Pat Bryant, Franklin and Mims as locks to make the roster as it is currently constructed.—
Nick Kosmider,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
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Their fragrances were always concocted around a storyline.—
Jennifer Weil,
Footwear News,
20 May 2026
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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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And while Louis and Molloy are mostly absent from the source material, Jones and the writers’ room invented new story lines for them, sometimes repurposing plot points from future Vampire Chronicles entries.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
2 June 2026
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Leach helped invent the pass-happy system with Hal Mumme and then perfected it.—
Ralph D. Russo,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
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“Think (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/think%20%28up%29. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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