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 soccer tournament was organized to drum up support among young Guineans for the ruling military junta, led by General Mamady Doumbouya.
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Abdourahmane Diallo, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2024
Luckily for tourists and regulars, the community came out in full force to support the iconic restaurant, and a rave review from social media food critic Keith Lee drummed up even more buzz.
—Lenore T. Adkins, Bon Appétit, 14 Jan. 2025
The show moved to September after the pandemic to drum up interest alongside outdoor activities and other attractions.
—Joe Guillen, Axios, 9 Jan. 2025
There’s a misconception about reality TV, that drama and action are all manufactured and drummed up in the edit.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2025
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Abdourahmane Diallo, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2024
Luckily for tourists and regulars, the community came out in full force to support the iconic restaurant, and a rave review from social media food critic Keith Lee drummed up even more buzz.
—Lenore T. Adkins, Bon Appétit, 14 Jan. 2025
The show moved to September after the pandemic to drum up interest alongside outdoor activities and other attractions.
—Joe Guillen, Axios, 9 Jan. 2025
There’s a misconception about reality TV, that drama and action are all manufactured and drummed up in the edit.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for drum up
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drum up
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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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But one way of doing this is an SRO, meaning the SEC and the CFTC would jointly create an SRO that would devise these standards, and that would pull in industry expertise.—
Steven Ehrlich,
Forbes,
31 Jan. 2025
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Our businesses and residents depend on Canadian products – from lumber to construct housing to dairy products, energy and more.—
Matthew Medsger,
Boston Herald,
4 Feb. 2025
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It's designed to be so easy and simple to construct that one person, without any help or tools, can set it up and start living the tiny life.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
2 Feb. 2025
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Werfel concocted a more tortuous explanation for his wife’s grotesque behavior.—
Alex Ross,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2025
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Director Josh Ruben, along with screenwriters Phillip Murphy, Christopher Landon and Michael Kennedy, craftily concocts a sweetly sinister genre mashup, blending romantic comedy tropes with slasher movie fodder.—
Courtney Howard,
Variety,
31 Jan. 2025
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Read Benjamin Wallace-Wells on the man who invented the conflict over critical race theory and Jessica Winter on the conservative activists using attacks on diversity to wage a wider battle on public education.—
Ian Crouch,
The New Yorker,
31 Jan. 2025
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Companies prey on insecurities, selling solutions to invented problems.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
25 Jan. 2025
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“Drum up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drum%20up. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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