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
As soon as passkey adoption poses a meaningful hurdle in account takeovers, threat actors will devise hacks and social engineering attacks that exploit this shortcoming.
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Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 30 Dec. 2024
According to Saylor, Bitcoin is the best performing asset in the history of the world, it’s bound to become more popular, and MicroStrategy has devised an innovative approach to make bulk purchases of Bitcoin before a bunch of other countries, companies, and citizens do.
—Michael Cannivet, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
Despite the countless tools NRS has created to help struggling business owners, the company is constantly devising new features to make running a business that much simpler.
—Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 28 Dec. 2024
In 1885, Swiss watchmaker Emmanuel Cottier devised an early mechanical movement that could be used to track the time simultaneously across multiple zones.
—Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 26 Dec. 2024
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Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 30 Dec. 2024
According to Saylor, Bitcoin is the best performing asset in the history of the world, it’s bound to become more popular, and MicroStrategy has devised an innovative approach to make bulk purchases of Bitcoin before a bunch of other countries, companies, and citizens do.
—Michael Cannivet, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
Despite the countless tools NRS has created to help struggling business owners, the company is constantly devising new features to make running a business that much simpler.
—Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 28 Dec. 2024
In 1885, Swiss watchmaker Emmanuel Cottier devised an early mechanical movement that could be used to track the time simultaneously across multiple zones.
—Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 26 Dec. 2024
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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
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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
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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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Topanga Ranch Motel: Also owned by the state parks department, the Topanga Ranch Motel was constructed in 1929 by newspaper baron William Randolph Hearst.—
Elizabeth Chuck,
NBC News,
9 Jan. 2025
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The project will be constructed in phases on 2,000 of the 3,100 available acres south and west of the airport runways originally made available for a solar farm.—
Mike Hendricks,
Kansas City Star,
9 Jan. 2025
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“Devise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/devise. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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