as in to devise
to create or think of by clever use of the imagination
anyone who drums up a better way of doing this tedious task will make a fortune
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Recent Examples of drum up
The post drummed up excitement for what Queen Bey has in store for 2025 among fans in the comments section.
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Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 26 Dec. 2024
When my wife, Patricia, and I married in 1981, Mike drummed up a party invite: Pat and Tim’s Post-Wedding Zoo-a-Thon.
—Tim Kiska, Detroit Free Press, 21 Dec. 2024
But this uncertainty is not stopping lobbyists from drumming up lucrative work.
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
Early Sundance buzz would help drum up even more theatrical interest for this buzzy horror follow-up.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 6 Dec. 2024
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Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 26 Dec. 2024
When my wife, Patricia, and I married in 1981, Mike drummed up a party invite: Pat and Tim’s Post-Wedding Zoo-a-Thon.
—Tim Kiska, Detroit Free Press, 21 Dec. 2024
But this uncertainty is not stopping lobbyists from drumming up lucrative work.
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
Early Sundance buzz would help drum up even more theatrical interest for this buzzy horror follow-up.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 6 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for drum up
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drum up
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Plans are devised to miss an hour of work to catch the second half of an unexpectedly tight game between a ranked power conference team and a frisky mid-major.—
Mark Schindler,
The Athletic,
10 Jan. 2025
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The grant money will initially go to the state of North Carolina, and the governor’s office will devise a plan for how to distribute it, HUD spokesperson Zachary Nosanchuk said.—
Ames Alexander,
Charlotte Observer,
8 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The project will be constructed in phases on 2,000 of the 3,100 available acres south and west of the airport runways originally made available for a solar farm.—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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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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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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