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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But in the late 1800s, food companies began concocting products that were wildly different from anything people could make themselves.—
Alice Callahan,
New York Times,
16 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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The stereotype of constructing the culture of a program in the mirror image of the head coach is belabored throughout every college football season.—
Christopher Kamrani,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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One of Puth’s greatest talents is constructing songs that sound simple but are powered by dynamic chord switches and deceptively complicated harmonies.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
17 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 18 Oct. 2025.
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