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
Vibration testing is a ground test devised to put an aircraft through its paces without taking to the skies.
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Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 11 Feb. 2026
The show features 52 images from the museum’s collection dating from 1860 to 1940, all of which were devised using collage or montage.
—Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 5 Feb. 2026
So that problematic defense has come around, thanks to whatever Mike Brown, his coaching staff and the players have devised or re-emphasized together.
—Zach Harper, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
The president himself devised a solution to put a steady hand on the wobbling controls.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2026
Surely a formula can be devised which will result in the dollar amount each jurisdiction will be required to pay to do just that.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026
The family’s two eldest came here as young children with their parents and received protection from deportation under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program, devised by President Barack Obama, the couple said.
—Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 31 Jan. 2026
New uses are continually being devised.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
With no worthy opponents left, Baki and the underground fighters grow restless — until a plan is devised to resurrect Miyamoto Musashi, Japan’s greatest swordsman.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 27 Jan. 2026
Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 11 Feb. 2026
The show features 52 images from the museum’s collection dating from 1860 to 1940, all of which were devised using collage or montage.
—Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 5 Feb. 2026
So that problematic defense has come around, thanks to whatever Mike Brown, his coaching staff and the players have devised or re-emphasized together.
—Zach Harper, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
The president himself devised a solution to put a steady hand on the wobbling controls.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2026
Surely a formula can be devised which will result in the dollar amount each jurisdiction will be required to pay to do just that.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026
The family’s two eldest came here as young children with their parents and received protection from deportation under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program, devised by President Barack Obama, the couple said.
—Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 31 Jan. 2026
New uses are continually being devised.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
With no worthy opponents left, Baki and the underground fighters grow restless — until a plan is devised to resurrect Miyamoto Musashi, Japan’s greatest swordsman.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 27 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for devised
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Paul Simon, who was headed to retirement amid debilitating hearing loss, has concocted a helpful new stage monitor setup that has him back on the road.—
BRIAN MCCOLLUM,
Freep.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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Galen concocted medicines that seem strange to modern ears, such as treating ailments like inflammation with feces sprinkled with thyme to mask the odor.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
31 Jan. 2026
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Conservatives learned to play the game that progressive activists invented.—
Alessandro Piazza,
Fortune,
5 Feb. 2026
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From heating food quickly to baking delicious cakes, the microwave oven is used for a constructive purpose by millions today, far from the destructive intentions for which its technology was invented.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Feb. 2026
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The Commons is a 108-unit development that was constructed in four phases from 2004 to 2013.—
Everett Eaton,
jsonline.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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One of the top reasons was because approximately $110 million would have been invested to build a new Pembroke Pines Police headquarters which is a necessity for a facility originally constructed in the early 1990s.—
Mike Hernández,
Sun Sentinel,
13 Feb. 2026
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The European Space Agency telescope is designed to make a 3D map of the universe by looking at billions of galaxies up to 10 billion light years away across one third of the sky.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 Feb. 2026
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The transfer shell game The problems compound when ICE transfers detainees without notice, a practice attorneys said is a kind of shell game designed to frustrate legal challenges.—
Ben Fenwick,
Oklahoma Watch,
13 Feb. 2026
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