as in to devise
to create or think of by clever use of the imagination
political spin doctors who can vamp up a justification for just about anything
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The crowd of about 50 people also began to devise a plan that would address public health in the absence of the hospital, which was abruptly shuttered last month after hospital ownership cited financial distress.—
Cam'ron Hardy,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Apr. 2026 -
This byzantine corporate structure apparently did not exist until Altman devised it.—
Ronan Farrow,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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Jackson County could soon take steps aimed to ensure new data centers are not constructed in unincorporated areas of the county, at least temporarily.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
9 Apr. 2026
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On June 12, 2025, Koren filed a complaint with the Whitehall Township Zoning Office stating a greenhouse was being constructed without a property building permit on her neighbors' property.—
Terra Sullivan,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
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In it, Pattinson concocts three cocktails thematically linked to his own work and three more inspired by his all-time favorite films.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
8 Apr. 2026
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Time to grow up and reject belief systems concocted before the invention of clocks and toilet paper.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 Apr. 2026
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Will Inter Miami have to re-invent some of its fan base with the move south?—
Dave Hyde,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Apr. 2026
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Horvath also had a hand in inventing PhenoAge in 2018 and GrimAge in 2019.—
Lindsey Leake,
NBC news,
5 Apr. 2026
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Now, as Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban faces an electoral challenge that polling suggests could remove him from power on Sunday, scores of American conservatives are pumping out messaging to drum up support for him.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Apr. 2026
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At a time when theaters are struggling to sell tickets, exhibitors are betting on increasingly elaborate popcorn buckets like the $50 Yoshi container to capitalize on millennial nostalgia, drum up excitement for movies and ultimately increase profits.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Apr. 2026
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“Vamp (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vamp%20%28up%29. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.
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