as in to concoct
to create or think of by clever use of the imagination
she quickly devised a new scheme when the first one failed
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Recent Examples of devise
But over the course of the next week, Nakase will be devising a plan to stop Reese.
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Nathan Canilao,
Mercury News,
25 June 2026
China has devised ways to reduce costs and vehicle development time.
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Bill Koenig,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
Her mother and sisters ultimately devised a balloon-popping reveal that left guests momentarily confused before the reality of the family's situation sank in.
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Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
25 June 2026
Sci-fi novelists envisioned universal translators, and linguists devised international languages, all in pursuit of a world where one person could speak and another could understand, regardless of where either was born.
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Krupa Shandilya,
The Conversation,
25 June 2026
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Nathan Canilao,
Mercury News,
25 June 2026
China has devised ways to reduce costs and vehicle development time.
—
Bill Koenig,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
Her mother and sisters ultimately devised a balloon-popping reveal that left guests momentarily confused before the reality of the family's situation sank in.
—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
25 June 2026
Sci-fi novelists envisioned universal translators, and linguists devised international languages, all in pursuit of a world where one person could speak and another could understand, regardless of where either was born.
—
Krupa Shandilya,
The Conversation,
25 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for devise
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Brazil’s team, meanwhile, decamped to Orlando, Florida, where Laitano affixed players with sweat-collection patches and analyzed their fluid and electrolyte loss during workouts to concoct a hydration regimen for each person.
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In 1949, a Nebraska plumbing contractor named Steve Henson was working in Anchorage, Alaska and concocted a salad dressing out of buttermilk, mayonnaise, and herbs to help feed his crew on remote job sites.
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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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“Devise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/devise. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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