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[dih-vahyz] / dɪˈvaɪz /


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"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

February 28: An FAA audit gives Boeing 90 days to devise a plan to significantly upgrade its quality control processes.

From Barron's Aug. 3, 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

LAUSD’s action to devise new limits in April spurred interest in the issue across the nation, said Jodi Carreon, who co-runs the California chapter of the Distraction-Free Schools Policy Project, a leader in the movement.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 23, 2026

This revel is going to turn wilder, and with no new High Monarch on the throne, there is little holding any of the revelers back from any entertainment they can devise.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

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

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

While manufacturing millions of iPhones yearly, Apple was hit with a $500 million lawsuit in 2020 over deliberately slowing down its luxury-priced devises as they aged.

From Salon Jun. 18, 2023

Down on the ground, he devises spectacles for the duke.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

To bridge that gap, the sport's governing body has devised a new competition.

From BBC Sep. 11, 2026

Except the library had devised a vastly superior arrangement: There was nothing I had to purchase in order to qualify.

From Salon Sep. 6, 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

To combat high dropout rates, the Foundation devised a buddy plan that incentivized children to stay in school by paying pairs of students $500 each if they graduated.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 29, 2026

Instead of standing by her family—like Dad would have, like Aunt Melissa would have—she devised an elaborate plan to run away.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

The ChatGPT maker said Tuesday that its internal testing had determined that the forthcoming model, called Astra, is capable of devising and executing novel cyberattacks against difficult targets with only limited human input.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 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

Two days after the rent-increase notice was delivered, the Kaplans and their supporters were devising a plan to fight back — if not to save Read Books, then to save other small businesses.

From Los Angeles Times May 21, 2026

And so, as Jaimito snored away, Dede began devising a little exercise to distract her mind and fortify her spirit.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez




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