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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Working from a short story by Isaac Asimov and the novel The Positronic Man, by Asimov and Robert Silverberg, Nicholas Kazan has concocted a surprisingly mechanical screenplay that marches through the decades toward a foregone conclusion without any sense of fun or inventiveness about the future.
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Kirk Honeycutt, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2024
In what may well be a spy movie for actual adults, director Soderbergh and screenwriter David Koepp concoct a moody drama steeped in espionage, marital trust issues and, one hopes, prime opportunities for playing the pause, the side-eye and the steely glare along with the words.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 2 Jan. 2025
Years later, both young women said under oath that police pressured them, using aggressive interrogation tactics that led them to concoct stories about Cox that were not true.
—Defne Karabatur, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2024
It's concocted with a housemade pecan bourbon that sets this drink apart from similar libations, and also features bitters and maple orange syrup.
—Megan Stringer, Axios, 23 Dec. 2024
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Kirk Honeycutt, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2024
In what may well be a spy movie for actual adults, director Soderbergh and screenwriter David Koepp concoct a moody drama steeped in espionage, marital trust issues and, one hopes, prime opportunities for playing the pause, the side-eye and the steely glare along with the words.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 2 Jan. 2025
Years later, both young women said under oath that police pressured them, using aggressive interrogation tactics that led them to concoct stories about Cox that were not true.
—Defne Karabatur, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2024
It's concocted with a housemade pecan bourbon that sets this drink apart from similar libations, and also features bitters and maple orange syrup.
—Megan Stringer, Axios, 23 Dec. 2024
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The pampering sanctuary, which includes seven treatment rooms, a sauna, and a plunge pool, was devised to celebrate the destination’s culture of massage, yoga, and well-being across experiences that speak to and rejuvenate the mind, body, and spirit.—
Kathryn Romeyn,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Jan. 2025
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In Dallas, the city manager is the CEO, the person who devises the city's $5.2 billion budget and oversees over 13,000 employees.—
Naheed Rajwani-Dharsi,
Axios,
22 Jan. 2025
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The iconic sports drink was invented at the University of Florida’s College of Medicine in 1965.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
19 Jan. 2025
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Biden didn't invent that approach, Turner said—the rhetoric and framing from this White House largely matches that from Barack Obama's—but Biden delivered on growth and jobs in the clean tech sector in ways that previous administrations did not.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
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The intention was to lower the cost of constructing new housing and to encourage less personal vehicle use.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacramento Bee,
22 Jan. 2025
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Stay in one of the Avalanche Ranch Cabins and Hot Springs’ log cabins or wagons, constructed between 1890 and 1950.—
Jennifer Broome,
The Denver Post,
20 Jan. 2025
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“Concoct.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concoct. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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