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When a player wins or loses a match, their rating change depends on the relative strength of their opponent—a system devised by Hungarian physicist Arpad Elo more than 50 years ago.

The Green Giant, devised because the peas themselves were considered giant, traces to 1925, and his signature phrase to the 1960s.

The scholar who devised the climate control plan for the house did the same thing for King Tut’s tomb.

Watching her execute another step in the scavenger hunt she’s devised for him is like seeing “The Rules” reimagined by Rube Goldberg.

The new maps would supersede the ones devised just four years ago by an independent redistricting commission established to keep politics out of the process, which typically occurs once a decade after the latest census.