as in to devise
to create or think of by clever use of the imagination
trying to concoct an explanation for how the lamp got broken by itself
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Recent Examples of concoct
Swartz concocted this massive blockbuster trade idea, which sends Brown to his hometown team, the Atlanta Hawks.
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Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
Orbán has long sought to consolidate his power through concocting scapegoats for Hungary’s ills.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2025
Advertisement Advertisement Synthetic dyes are generally made from petroleum and concocted in labs.
—Alice Park, Time, 15 Sep. 2025
To solve this problem, materials scientists at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have concocted a new sunscreen recipe that spares the ocean’s vital microorganisms.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 4 Sep. 2025
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Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
Orbán has long sought to consolidate his power through concocting scapegoats for Hungary’s ills.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2025
Advertisement Advertisement Synthetic dyes are generally made from petroleum and concocted in labs.
—Alice Park, Time, 15 Sep. 2025
To solve this problem, materials scientists at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have concocted a new sunscreen recipe that spares the ocean’s vital microorganisms.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 4 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for concoct
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The most visible plans are those devised by the same international custodians who have engineered postwar order elsewhere in the Middle East.—
Mohammed R. Mhawish,
New Yorker,
14 Oct. 2025
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To that end, the Charlotte Symphony commissioned Grammy-winning composer Mason Bates to devise a brief musical signature called a sonic logo for the orchestra.—
Adam Bell,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Oct. 2025
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Nobel, who died in 1896, invented dynamite.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
9 Oct. 2025
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The nuclear age invented inspections and counting rules; the digital age can invent neutral testbeds.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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SpaceX’s luck appears to be turning, as the company notched a second straight successful test flight of the Starship launch system — the most powerful rocket ever constructed — on Monday evening.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
14 Oct. 2025
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Exercises focused on how to find and purify water, fish and hunt for animals, forage for edible plants, find dry wood to build a fire and construct palm leaf-sapling lean-to shelters.—
Kit Bernardi,
USA Today,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Concoct.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concoct. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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