devise

verb

di-ˈvīz How to pronounce devise (audio)
Definition of devisenext
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 The instrument was specifically devised to investigate dark energy and its pervasive influence. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 13 Oct. 2026 Initial accounts—including from the company itself—suggested that the proof, produced by an internal large language model (LLM), followed an approach devised by two Spanish mathematicians, Diego Córdoba and Luis Martínez-Zoroa. — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 13 Oct. 2026 But over time, due to a variety of systems issues with obtaining certain medications, the lethal injection protocol has deviated from the standard devised by Chapman. — M. Sara Rosenthal, STAT, 13 Oct. 2026 Then, in 2017, a team at Google devised a new kind of neural network architecture called a transformer that supercharged the attention method and stripped away everything else. — Quanta Magazine, 12 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for devise
Recent Examples of Synonyms for devise
  1. concoct
  2. invent
  3. construct
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  • The experimental portion of the brewery allowed guests to concoct their own brews, and more than 700 beers were created over the years, according to the brewery's Facebook post.
    — Sadie Chafe, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The White Sox concocted a creative playing style that blended elements of old-school small ball with home-run power.
    — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of concoct
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  • An American who knows nothing about real football comes to the place where it was invented and attempts to tell the creators of the sport how to play.
    — Jay Martel, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Stellantis The company says it's invented a new type of C-pillar architecture to make this happen.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of invent
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  • Dyrholm will star as a woman who is unable to acknowledge and access her own feelings and constructs intimacy by stealing objects from people instead of getting close to them.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Sheerazie, lead gardener at Pasadena’s Arlington Garden, has studied permaculture and designed and constructed a number of swales at the garden and elsewhere.
    — Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
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“Devise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/devise. Accessed 19 Oct. 2026.

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