as in devising
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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Bob-Waksberg and his collaborators retain their impressive gift for devising ludicrous comic set pieces to go alongside the heavier material.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
22 Aug. 2025 -
Butorac has spent much of the past year quizzing, cajoling and nudging those stars, ultimately devising a format geared to their needs.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
19 Aug. 2025
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Not only is the kitchen fully on display but a separate alcove is given over to his highly technical lab, a play space dedicated to fermentation, aging, preserving and otherwise concocting.—
Ann Abel,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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That isn't stopping Andy Bailey of Bleacher Report from concocting a massive trade proposal that would send the nine-time All-Star to the New York Knicks.—
Ricardo Klein,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Aug. 2025
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This approach requires constructing a clear, detailed vision of what the organization could look like once AI is embedded into its operating model.—
Peter Bendor-Samuel,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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The research team attempted to show the practical application of their idea by constructing a green wall made of 56 plants that produced enough light to see text, images and a person located up to 10 centimeters (four inches) away, according to the study.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
3 Sep. 2025
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Yet, bizarrely, the TV show undercuts this angle by inventing a serial killer nurse from whole cloth, a move that shifts the blame away from systemic forces and toward a motiveless scoundrel.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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Despite his resistance to participating in yet another documentary—and the show’s underuse of him, in what is either a callback to The Office or a failure to learn from its mistakes—Oscar ends up inventing number games.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
3 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, as China faces its own challenges at home, where the ruling Communist Party is grappling with a slowing economy and persistent unemployment, some observers wonder whether drumming up nationalism as a distraction strategy could push China into an even more aggressive stance.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
6 Sep. 2025
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The goal is drumming up buzz for the world premiere of her feminist crime thriller Nika & Madison on Sunday night.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Vamping (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vamping%20%28up%29. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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