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[dih-vahyz] / dɪˈvaɪz /


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A former Trump administration official told ProPublica the group’s purpose was to strengthen the United States’ strategic position in Greenland and devise policies to bring the two closer.

From Salon Sep. 16, 2026

"Diet holds great promise for controlling the microbiome and its outputs. But to devise effective therapeutic interventions, we need to understand what aspects of the diet control which microbial outputs."

From Science Daily Aug. 15, 2026

If such a panel could devise a settlement lawmakers would be prepared to risk voting for, lawmakers already would have crafted such an agreement themselves.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

It would devise a plan "with its associations and in close co-operation with other confederations" to make sure this "cannot occur again"

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

I spent the entire walk trying to devise an excuse to escape family dinner so I could go to Diego’s barbecue.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

He even devises a way to keep the goats corralled so that he doesn’t have to chase them down or use up his precious bullets and gunpowder.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

Rose Njeri was detained on Friday after police raided her home in the capital, Nairobi, and seized electronic devises, activists said.

From BBC Jun. 2, 2025

She devises a way to beam them better, and gets an answer back, though not the answer anyone would expect.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 20, 2024

He said he has no problem sharing the carries with the Jets in whatever role coordinator Nathaniel Hackett devises for him in his offense.

From Seattle Times Aug. 29, 2023

He had joined the ranks of those ‘overcome with the incredible delight conceived of their own devises and inventions’.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

He devised policy recommendations “for Ukraine’s postwar reconstruction” as a visiting fellow at the conservative Heritage Foundation, his LinkedIn profile says.

From Salon Sep. 16, 2026

"In this war, solutions devised during the Cold War will not work, nor will ideas developed over the past decade prove effective," he said, referring to naming-and-shaming tactics as one example.

From Barron's Sep. 3, 2026

When U.S. energy companies resisted investing at the speed and scale he wanted, his administration devised an extraordinary solution to turn his vision into reality: make the U.S. government itself an investor.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 30, 2026

Open Dialogue was first devised in the 1980s in Finland.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

Artemis Fowl had devised a plan to restore his family’s fortune.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer

Internal testing determined that the forthcoming model, called Astra, is capable of devising and executing novel hacks against difficult targets with only limited human input, OpenAI said Tuesday in a blog post.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

In the 1700s the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus set about devising a system for arranging species through a two-part system we still use today.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

These credentials are meant to help workers prove they have skills like devising effective prompts or using AI for business strategy.

From MarketWatch Jul. 31, 2026

Tuchel's team selections have been a mixture of tactical tinkering, working around injuries and managing minutes, as well as devising the formulas for England's progress.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

Shadow became aware that they were not following the path through the rooms intended for tourists, but seemed to be following a different route of Wednesday’s own devising.

From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman




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