devising

present participle of devise

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Recent Examples of devising He is accused of devising the scheme using a contraband cell phone, from which authorities recovered several recordings of the Brooklyn native detailing the plot. Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 10 Mar. 2025 The usual path to devising generative AI consists of what is known as autoregressive LLMs, while the promising new avenue is referred to as diffusion LLMs (dLLMs). Lance Eliot, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025 As long as there are dollars in someone’s bank account, there are other people devising ways to siphon those dollars and claim them as their own. Roxana Popescu, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2025 But the rest of the league will also be devising ways to make life more difficult on the quarterback in his second season. Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 4 Mar. 2025 The chances of a giant space rock striking the Earth have decreased, but NASA and other space agencies are still devising a plan to obliterate it. Alexandra Koch, Fox News, 20 Feb. 2025 Instead, as alleged in the lawsuit, Wayfarer and its management chose to expend their efforts and resources devising a plan to retaliate and discredit those who dared to make the accusations in the first place. Christina Dugan Ramirez, Fox News, 19 Feb. 2025 There is a growing push on Madison Avenue to foil the increasing disdain the average TV viewer has for traditional commercials, by devising content that is as interesting or entertaining as the shows people like to watch and binge. Brian Steinberg, Variety, 12 Feb. 2025 That’s why most Super Bowl marketers start devising their plans months in advance. Brian Steinberg, Variety, 10 Feb. 2025

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“Devising.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/devising. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.

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