as in to devise
to create or think of by clever use of the imagination
anyone who drums up a better way of doing this tedious task will make a fortune
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Recent Examples of drum up
Randy Newman’s score even drums up a rousing Viking chant.
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Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
Wanting to drum up support for her stepbrother Alex Freeman's first World Cup appearance, Spaulding jumped into the comments section with a simple request.
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Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
18 June 2026
Can Cruz and Cantwell drum up enough support for this to pass?
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Trey Wallace,
FOXNews.com,
18 June 2026
After Ikeda’s California Country Market was nominated for the contest, Ikeda campaigned relentlessly to drum up support, urging fans and customers to cast daily votes.
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Anne Ewbank,
Sacbee.com,
17 June 2026
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Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
Wanting to drum up support for her stepbrother Alex Freeman's first World Cup appearance, Spaulding jumped into the comments section with a simple request.
—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
18 June 2026
Can Cruz and Cantwell drum up enough support for this to pass?
—
Trey Wallace,
FOXNews.com,
18 June 2026
After Ikeda’s California Country Market was nominated for the contest, Ikeda campaigned relentlessly to drum up support, urging fans and customers to cast daily votes.
—
Anne Ewbank,
Sacbee.com,
17 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for drum up
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drum up
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In 2011, Aguirre devised a technique to motivate his Real Zaragoza players ahead of a league match against Real Madrid.
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Scientists at the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM) have devised a technique to turn still-wet coffee grounds into high-grade biofuel in as little as 90 seconds.
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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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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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“Drum up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drum%20up. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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