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
Marks was also able to confidently drum up a smell approximating that of Marie Antoinette’s garden at the Petit Trianon, because historians know which flowers were planted there.
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Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 10 July 2025
The goal is to drum up enough interest that hospitals sign up for visits, allowing the endeavor to expand to build more trucks ultimately serving up to 100 hospitals.
—Amber Hunt, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Those followed big deals Nvidia made in the Mideast when Trump visited Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates last month to drum up investments in the U.S. Nvidia shares were on pace for a record close of Wednesday morning trading.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 25 June 2025
In the years since, Kennedy has focused on the specter of climbing autism rates to drum up skepticism about vaccines writ large, even as scientists concluded that there is no link between autism and vaccines.
—Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 16 June 2025
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Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 10 July 2025
The goal is to drum up enough interest that hospitals sign up for visits, allowing the endeavor to expand to build more trucks ultimately serving up to 100 hospitals.
—Amber Hunt, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Those followed big deals Nvidia made in the Mideast when Trump visited Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates last month to drum up investments in the U.S. Nvidia shares were on pace for a record close of Wednesday morning trading.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 25 June 2025
In the years since, Kennedy has focused on the specter of climbing autism rates to drum up skepticism about vaccines writ large, even as scientists concluded that there is no link between autism and vaccines.
—Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 16 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drum up
Verb
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As the Panthers’ general manager from 2013 to just before the 2017 season began, Gettleman devised the rosters that pushed Carolina to four playoff berths in five years.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
17 July 2025
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Participants identify challenges in their communities and devise local, innovative solutions to address them.—
Cynthia Tully,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
Verb
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As the fireline is constructed, inspected or reinforced, mappers record those details to adjust the containment percentage.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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Depending on the species, voles construct surface or underground runways in areas with heavy ground cover.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
2 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Prosecutors say the men met while in county jail, then concocted the plan to kill the victim.—
City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 July 2025
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Stan Lee himself concocted the idea of a robo-pal to round out the group.—
Jordan Hoffman,
EW.com,
26 July 2025
Verb
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Flip invented the Wheezer Scale for gauging the difficulty of hiking up hills.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 July 2025
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Computer researchers invented the technique in the 1990s to screen bots from entering information into websites, originally using images with letters and numbers written in wiggly fonts, often obscured with lines or noise to foil computer vision algorithms.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
28 July 2025
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“Drum up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drum%20up. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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