as in to concoct
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 devise
Happy Returns has devised stringent verification processes at return drop-off points which not only streamline the returns, but also to combat online fraud.
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Arthur Zaczkiewicz, WWD, 10 Feb. 2025
Tom had devised a plan to get 14-year-old Tanya to leave her home for good.
—Jessica Sager, People.com, 10 Feb. 2025
Weedman Design Partners This home remodel by Weedman Design Partners was devised to embrace its natural surroundings, perched on a lake near the Oregon coast.
—Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 10 Feb. 2025
The development — dubbed Heritage Place — is the realization of a compromise that community members, stakeholders and the city devised a few years ago to keep Kroehler mansion from demolition.
—Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 1 Feb. 2025
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Arthur Zaczkiewicz, WWD, 10 Feb. 2025
Tom had devised a plan to get 14-year-old Tanya to leave her home for good.
—Jessica Sager, People.com, 10 Feb. 2025
Weedman Design Partners This home remodel by Weedman Design Partners was devised to embrace its natural surroundings, perched on a lake near the Oregon coast.
—Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 10 Feb. 2025
The development — dubbed Heritage Place — is the realization of a compromise that community members, stakeholders and the city devised a few years ago to keep Kroehler mansion from demolition.
—Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 1 Feb. 2025
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Linda Gefen, Boca Raton The master of distraction Trump’s proposal that the U.S. take over the Gaza Strip and develop it into a beach paradise was concocted to distract us from his real agenda: demolish the government, replace federal workers with machines and give the savings to his rich friends.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
15 Feb. 2025
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Executive pastry chef Jess Robertson, Ian’s wife, concocts desserts ranging from $4 oatmeal cream pies to $100 banana splits.—
USA TODAY,
USA TODAY,
13 Feb. 2025
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Inspired by the Panama diary invented in 1908, the notebook is lightweight, portable and the ideal travel companion.—
Angelina Villa-Clarke,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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Likely because most shoppers couldn’t wear those clothes, designers increasingly turned their attention to footwear, striving to invent the next hit shoe.—
Kin Woo,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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The ancient basilica, constructed between 78 and 84 A.D., once stood at the heart of the city, which was known at the time as Londinium, according to The Associated Press.—
Sophia Compton,
Fox News,
14 Feb. 2025
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Between 1631 and 1648, thousands of master artisans, painters, calligraphers, and masons from across Asia were brought to Agra to construct and embellish the 42-acre complex.—
Gulnaz Khan,
AFAR Media,
13 Feb. 2025
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“Devise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/devise. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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