as in devises
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 group devises a plan to keep order, which includes using a conch shell to call meetings and delineate when a person wants to speak.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
5 May 2026 -
In her work, Mackintosh devises scenarios that are bold and almost aggressively simplified.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Apr. 2026
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American Men dives into the lives of four men and explores how each of them constructs their relationship to masculinity.—
Desiree Anello,
PEOPLE,
10 June 2026
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Over two weeks, Shiroma paints the landmark and gets copies from a local print shop, writes an accompanying letter, and constructs a do-it-yourself craft.—
Megan Sauer,
CNBC,
30 Apr. 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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The bleak tortures Ohm concocts for his characters are as vile as the Bilberry’s fetid jacuzzi.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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That said, if Stacey can continue to show up as GNA invents new reasons to exist every season, the women could have shown up to the company break-room party that Stacey called a grand opening.—
Shamira Ibrahim,
Vulture,
8 Dec. 2025
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Blending Sufi classics, absurdist dreams, careful mathematical calculations and lyrical narratives, Ismailov invents an ingenious transnational poetics of love and longing for the digital age.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Vamps (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vamps%20%28up%29. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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