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devise

[dih-vahyz] / dɪˈvaɪz /


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Devise a strategy to capitalize on the big trend you see.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

Kalen DeBoer and his staff, who like to say, ‘Job’s not done,’ have one last job: Devise a game plan to beat Michigan.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 5, 2024

Devise and implement a method of calculating the greatest happiness, such as identifying all the individuals affected by your decision and estimating the impact of your decision on their happiness.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

“The cold, suffocating dark goes on forever and we are alone. Live our lives, lacking anything better to do. Devise reason later. Born from children, hell-bound as ourselves go into oblivion. There is nothing else.”

From Washington Times • Jan. 11, 2019

Let ear and sight Be mine awhile; and when thou hast heard the whole Devise how best to trap them ere the goal.

From The Iphigenia in Tauris of Euripides by Murray, Gilbert




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