as in devising
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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Recent Examples of concocting
And she’s spent a decade scaling her brand into an industry disrupter; Ellsworth began concocting prebiotic drinks in 2015, founding her business just one year later.
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Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 11 May 2026
According to the report, workers illegally pocketed between $20,000 and more than $41,000 in Paycheck Protection Program loans from a massive federal COVID-19 pandemic relief effort – some by concocting companies that didn't exist to pocket federal assistance funds.
—Chris Tye, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
As Gyllenhaal begins concocting her third directorial feature, could Curtis be part of the picture?
—Antonio Ferme, Variety, 6 Mar. 2026
Gyllenhaal, who also wrote her film, has corrected the imbalance, refashioning the story from the Bride’s perspective and concocting a protagonist of unfiltered feminist fury.
—ABC News, 4 Mar. 2026
The reality is that the AI is concocting elaborate personas, faking as though humans are writing about human woes.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Both activities can be fairly ordinary hobbies—games of imagination not so different from crushing on a pop star or concocting stories about a film protagonist.
—Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 17 Jan. 2026
Later in the episode, Kody took aim at Janelle, accusing her once again of concocting a plan to try and sell Coyote Pass out from under Meri.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026
So is facing a deluge of division title-winners who spent the offseason concocting new ways to beat them.
—Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026
Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 11 May 2026
According to the report, workers illegally pocketed between $20,000 and more than $41,000 in Paycheck Protection Program loans from a massive federal COVID-19 pandemic relief effort – some by concocting companies that didn't exist to pocket federal assistance funds.
—Chris Tye, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
As Gyllenhaal begins concocting her third directorial feature, could Curtis be part of the picture?
—Antonio Ferme, Variety, 6 Mar. 2026
Gyllenhaal, who also wrote her film, has corrected the imbalance, refashioning the story from the Bride’s perspective and concocting a protagonist of unfiltered feminist fury.
—ABC News, 4 Mar. 2026
The reality is that the AI is concocting elaborate personas, faking as though humans are writing about human woes.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Both activities can be fairly ordinary hobbies—games of imagination not so different from crushing on a pop star or concocting stories about a film protagonist.
—Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 17 Jan. 2026
Later in the episode, Kody took aim at Janelle, accusing her once again of concocting a plan to try and sell Coyote Pass out from under Meri.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026
So is facing a deluge of division title-winners who spent the offseason concocting new ways to beat them.
—Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for concocting
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Counties across the state have been pondering this crisis and devising solutions that can be accomplished in partnership with our state leaders — because this crisis is unquestionably our shared responsibility to solve.—
Monica Montgomery Steppe,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 May 2026
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Rue frantically offered to help get Alamo's money back, calling Faye (Chloe Cherry) up on the phone and devising a plan to get a safe key from Wayne (Toby Wallace).—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
18 May 2026
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The dominant technique now isn’t so much inventing a controversy from nothing as choosing which real minor outrage to fuel.—
Lane Brown,
Vulture,
15 May 2026
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Save the wine for dinner and ask about the drink of the day to make the most of the talented bartenders who delight in inventing new cocktails.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
14 May 2026
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As his other former debate partner Max Kellerman explained, Smith is at his best reacting cartoonishly to provocative takes, not constructing them.—
Bobby Burack OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
13 May 2026
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Available for 50,000 euros a week, the villa positions itself firmly within the ultra-luxury category, though Château de Berne appears less interested in traditional notions of opulence than in constructing a particularly French perspective.—
Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
12 May 2026
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