as in concocting
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 devising
One of the biggest difficulties in devising laws on the topic of AI for mental health involves defining what constitutes AI for mental health.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Bob-Waksberg and his collaborators retain their impressive gift for devising ludicrous comic set pieces to go alongside the heavier material.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 22 Aug. 2025
Butorac has spent much of the past year quizzing, cajoling and nudging those stars, ultimately devising a format geared to their needs.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
Users, meanwhile, are devising ways to get around the barriers without giving up their identities.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 6 Aug. 2025
Increasing the amount of the bond or devising additional conditions doesn’t change the calculus given the circumstances and heavy burden of proof that Combs bears.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 4 Aug. 2025
He is accused of devising the scheme using a contraband cell phone, from which authorities recovered several recordings of the Brooklyn native detailing the plot.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 10 Mar. 2025
The usual path to devising generative AI consists of what is known as autoregressive LLMs, while the promising new avenue is referred to as diffusion LLMs (dLLMs).
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
Researchers have likewise been devising special-purpose tools for compressing genomic data, with new ones popping up in the academic literature about once a month.
—Dmitri Pavlichin, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Aug. 2018
Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Bob-Waksberg and his collaborators retain their impressive gift for devising ludicrous comic set pieces to go alongside the heavier material.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 22 Aug. 2025
Butorac has spent much of the past year quizzing, cajoling and nudging those stars, ultimately devising a format geared to their needs.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
Users, meanwhile, are devising ways to get around the barriers without giving up their identities.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 6 Aug. 2025
Increasing the amount of the bond or devising additional conditions doesn’t change the calculus given the circumstances and heavy burden of proof that Combs bears.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 4 Aug. 2025
He is accused of devising the scheme using a contraband cell phone, from which authorities recovered several recordings of the Brooklyn native detailing the plot.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 10 Mar. 2025
The usual path to devising generative AI consists of what is known as autoregressive LLMs, while the promising new avenue is referred to as diffusion LLMs (dLLMs).
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
Researchers have likewise been devising special-purpose tools for compressing genomic data, with new ones popping up in the academic literature about once a month.
—Dmitri Pavlichin, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Aug. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for devising
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Not only is the kitchen fully on display but a separate alcove is given over to his highly technical lab, a play space dedicated to fermentation, aging, preserving and otherwise concocting.—
Ann Abel,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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That isn't stopping Andy Bailey of Bleacher Report from concocting a massive trade proposal that would send the nine-time All-Star to the New York Knicks.—
Ricardo Klein,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Indeed, the only character from The Office that actually carried over into the new series is Oscar, who serves as the lead accountant for Softees but gets dragooned into reporting and constructing Sudokus for the paper.—
Michael M. Rosen,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Humanity, united by one language, settles on a plain in Shinar and begins constructing a tower to reach the heavens and make a name for themselves.—
John Fugelsang
September 12,
Literary Hub,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Although few people know her name, Yeager had a huge influence on 20th century pop culture — popularizing the bikini, helping discover Bettie Page, shaping the image of Playboy and inventing the selfie.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
12 Sep. 2025
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In many ways, today’s LLMs are far too flexible—inventing information or taking unexpected shortcuts.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
9 Sep. 2025
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Jensen Huang from Nvidia called it an essential tool for designing NVIDIA's most advanced chips, including the Blackwell series.—
Thomas Coughlin,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Shaffi, a senior data architect at Amazon Web Services, is widely recognized for designing secure, large scale data infrastructures that power global enterprises.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Devising.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/devising. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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