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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For 39 years, Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act has required redistricting institutions to consider racial and ethnic minority representation when devising congressional districts.—
Sam D. Hayes,
The Conversation,
13 Oct. 2025 -
The problem in devising such a tax is defining what constitutes a robot.—
Zach Halaschak,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Oct. 2025
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Orbán has long sought to consolidate his power through concocting scapegoats for Hungary’s ills.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
19 Sep. 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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Who will pay for constructing new pipelines, retiring current ones and cleaning attendant hazardous waste?—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Oct. 2025
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Alongside using the corpses to create furniture for his house, Ed also began constructing a skin suit of a woman made from human remains of at least 15 women, per A&E.—
Yasmeen Hamadeh,
PEOPLE,
5 Oct. 2025
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The team successfully solved a long-standing challenge by inventing a way to create a durable protective layer on fully inorganic perovskite solar cells.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Oct. 2025
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From constructing ramps to inventing imaginative new worlds, Rail Racers proves Magna-Tiles are endlessly modular and fun.—
Emily Glover,
Parents,
2 Oct. 2025
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Intel, the once-dominant chipmaker, is in a fight for its life that requires it to aggressively move into leading-edge chips, including those optimized for AI, while drumming up the funding to float that expensive transition.—
Alyson Shontell,
Fortune,
8 Oct. 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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“Vamping (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vamping%20%28up%29. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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