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
Suno devised all the vocals, instrumentation, arrangements, production, mixing and mastering for all of Tempchin’s songs on both those albums.
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George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026
The Tonight Show devised a game that seems more at home on Nickelodeon than NBC.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
In 1983, Bennett and Brassard devised a new quantum approach to private communication.
—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 18 Mar. 2026
The problem is, this is just the most powerful tool that’s ever been devised.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 18 Mar. 2026
Back in 1961, astronomer Frank Drake put chalk to board and devised a formula to estimate the number of communicative civilizations in the Milky Way.
—Leonard David, Space.com, 17 Mar. 2026
After a deeper résumé review turned up more red flags, Hudson, Gicinto and the Nisos team devised a plan to bait Jo.
—Lisa Cavazuti, NBC news, 15 Mar. 2026
The Sheats-Goldstein residence—an experiment in indoor-outdoor living originally devised by architect John Lautner and realized in concrete and glass in 1963—is perched at the far end of a road in the secluded Beverly Crest neighborhood.
—Talia Abbas, Vogue, 11 Mar. 2026
Batey, in communication with her sister and family friends in Jordan, devised a plan to cross into Jordan the next day and fly out of Amman.
—Devon Henderson, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2026
George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026
The Tonight Show devised a game that seems more at home on Nickelodeon than NBC.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
In 1983, Bennett and Brassard devised a new quantum approach to private communication.
—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 18 Mar. 2026
The problem is, this is just the most powerful tool that’s ever been devised.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 18 Mar. 2026
Back in 1961, astronomer Frank Drake put chalk to board and devised a formula to estimate the number of communicative civilizations in the Milky Way.
—Leonard David, Space.com, 17 Mar. 2026
After a deeper résumé review turned up more red flags, Hudson, Gicinto and the Nisos team devised a plan to bait Jo.
—Lisa Cavazuti, NBC news, 15 Mar. 2026
The Sheats-Goldstein residence—an experiment in indoor-outdoor living originally devised by architect John Lautner and realized in concrete and glass in 1963—is perched at the far end of a road in the secluded Beverly Crest neighborhood.
—Talia Abbas, Vogue, 11 Mar. 2026
Batey, in communication with her sister and family friends in Jordan, devised a plan to cross into Jordan the next day and fly out of Amman.
—Devon Henderson, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for devised
Verb
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Wholesome content, but entirely concocted.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
18 Mar. 2026
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An epoxy compound is concocted to replace discs between vertebrae and other cartilaginous elements, so the animal returns to its original dimensions and structure.—
Jeff Wilson,
Outdoor Life,
11 Mar. 2026
Verb
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While the hero existed — as did Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, or at least musketeers with similar names — most of the actual stories are invented, either by the sensationalist biographer or Dumas himself.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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But it was invented by the same guy who invented the Sling, Ngiam Tong Boon, in the same year, 1915.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
26 Mar. 2026
Verb
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After the 15th Street bike lanes were constructed, bicycle injury crashes decreased by 91 percent, according to the District Department of Transportation.—
Liam Scott,
Washington Post,
20 Mar. 2026
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One flirts and drinks and dallies and dances; the other is part child, part monk, his mantel packed with icons and crucifixes, his inner landscape a kind of mental Sagrada FamÃlia — a weird and extraordinary edifice constructed around the rigors and promises of Christianity.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Aestura focuses on sensitive skin-friendly formulas with gentle, carefully balanced ingredients designed to keep skin healthy over time.—
Christa Joanna Lee,
Allure,
21 Mar. 2026
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The experimental jet, part of NASA’s Quesst mission, is designed to fly faster than the speed of sound while producing only a soft sonic thump instead of a disruptive boom.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Mar. 2026
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