as in to devise
to create or think of by clever use of the imagination
trying to concoct an explanation for how the lamp got broken by itself
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In the one that opens the film, Forky (Tony Hale), the googly-eyed spork, marries a plastic knife called Karen Beverly (Melissa Villaseñor), a name so perfectly unmelodious that only a kid, or an adult exceptionally good at thinking like one, could have concocted it.
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Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
Investigators believed Simko met one of the suspects at a cannabis festival in Ann Arbor, where the suspects reportedly concocted a plan to set up a fake business deal and steal what officials said was upwards of 50 pounds of marijuana.
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Dejanay Booth-Singleton,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
Blanche, his former personal lawyer, concocted it in staggering disregard of legal ethics.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
9 June 2026
Lukehart dumped Gabrielle's body in a local pond and concocted a story to trick police, court records show.
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Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
1 June 2026
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Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
Investigators believed Simko met one of the suspects at a cannabis festival in Ann Arbor, where the suspects reportedly concocted a plan to set up a fake business deal and steal what officials said was upwards of 50 pounds of marijuana.
—
Dejanay Booth-Singleton,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
Blanche, his former personal lawyer, concocted it in staggering disregard of legal ethics.
—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
9 June 2026
Lukehart dumped Gabrielle's body in a local pond and concocted a story to trick police, court records show.
—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
1 June 2026
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In 2011, Aguirre devised a technique to motivate his Real Zaragoza players ahead of a league match against Real Madrid.
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Scientists at the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM) have devised a technique to turn still-wet coffee grounds into high-grade biofuel in as little as 90 seconds.
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This is why so much of the software industry has had to invent entire departments, customer success, customer experience, onboarding specialists, to paper over the gap between what was sold and what is actually experienced.
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The investment comes during the run-up to a milestone for the modern incarnation of the sport, which was invented centuries ago by Native Americans, with its inclusion in the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
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Workers constructed a special tunnel to bring the larger ones into the building, in Midtown Manhattan.
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Acting as the first line of defense, guardrails must be constructed to withstand today’s threats.
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“Concoct.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concoct. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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