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devise

[dih-vahyz] / dɪˈvaɪz /


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What if they devise a not-entirely unfraudulent workaround?

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Mr. Powell would have struggled to devise a credible case for a rate cut from these data.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

In the soundtrack of his youth, Walter Thompson-Hernández and his friends liked to devise a game of escape.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2026

That left executives working through the holidays to devise a complicated road back that wouldn’t alienate the players who had stayed all along.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

Given a writing system that works well for one language, how do you devise a system for a different language?

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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