as in concocted
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 devised
There’s everything from herbals like rhubarb and nettle to green teas and Fortnum’s own signature blends, like Wedding Breakfast or Jubilee, devised in honor of the Queen’s Diamond celebrations in 2012.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 June 2026
In addition to removing the commission’s direct authority over the chief job, Houston — who devised his proposal with Council President Kevin Jenkins — sought to eliminate a selection panel that appoints four of the commission’s members, allowing the council to handpick them instead.
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Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
24 June 2026
One of the easiest ways for an AI maker to guide an LLM in mental health chats is to use a system-wide prompt devised by the AI maker.
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Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
Now, a team of Chinese researchers has devised a solution for this problem.
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Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
21 June 2026
Some reports describe a strategy devised by Iran’s Supreme National Security Council in which every American obligation is to be matched by an Iranian step, each taken only after Washington has verifiably met its own commitments.
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Hamidreza Azizi,
Time,
19 June 2026
Security firm Varonis devised an exploit chain that was able to catapult over these guardrails.
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Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
16 June 2026
The researchers were Stanford psychologists carrying out an experiment on impulse control devised by Walter Mischel.
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Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
16 June 2026
Investigators said Alvarez devised the tier system.
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Sarah N. Lynch,
CBS News,
16 June 2026
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 June 2026
In addition to removing the commission’s direct authority over the chief job, Houston — who devised his proposal with Council President Kevin Jenkins — sought to eliminate a selection panel that appoints four of the commission’s members, allowing the council to handpick them instead.
—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
24 June 2026
One of the easiest ways for an AI maker to guide an LLM in mental health chats is to use a system-wide prompt devised by the AI maker.
—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
Now, a team of Chinese researchers has devised a solution for this problem.
—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
21 June 2026
Some reports describe a strategy devised by Iran’s Supreme National Security Council in which every American obligation is to be matched by an Iranian step, each taken only after Washington has verifiably met its own commitments.
—
Hamidreza Azizi,
Time,
19 June 2026
Security firm Varonis devised an exploit chain that was able to catapult over these guardrails.
—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
16 June 2026
The researchers were Stanford psychologists carrying out an experiment on impulse control devised by Walter Mischel.
—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
16 June 2026
Investigators said Alvarez devised the tier system.
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Sarah N. Lynch,
CBS News,
16 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for devised
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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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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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Listen to this week’s episode to learn more, including the story of how a Civil War vet and morphine addict accidentally invented the world’s most famous soda.
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Herman Hollerith, son of German immigrants, invented the punch card tabulator that became the technological foundation for IBM.
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The cart is carefully constructed with a wood-like resin frame and cabinets that are especially durable and resistant to rust, mildew, and intense UV rays.
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As a result, a memorial pavilion, where students can play soccer, has been installed in Blakeley’s school in her honor, and a butterfly climber has been constructed at a local Bellaire park.
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Events designed to support female founders are routinely underfunded relative to the ambitions behind them.
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Two marquee buildings, including the high-rise, were designed by Ghanaian-British architect David Adjaye, best known as the lead designer of the National Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington.
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