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synonyms for devise
- arrange
- come up with
- concoct
- construct
- craft
- create
- design
- discover
- forge
- formulate
- hatch
- invent
- mastermind
- prepare
- work out
- ad-lib
- blueprint
- brainstorm
- cast
- chart
- cogitate
- contrive
- form
- frame
- imagine
- improvise
- intrigue
- machinate
- plan
- plot
- project
- scheme
- shape
- spark
- vamp
- cook up
- dope out
- fake it
- get off
- head trip
- make up
- play it by ear
- think up
- throw together
- trump up
- whip up
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How to use devise in a sentence
As a society, we devise laws that are meant to make society a just place for all—but we fail so often.
‘Gods of Suburbia’: Dina Goldstein’s Arresting Photo Series on Religion vs. Consumerism | Dina Goldstein | November 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTU.S. military officials say Nagata helped devise much of U.S. special operations support for Jordan.
Obama Taps Star General to Build Syrian Rebel Army to Fight ISIS | Josh Rogin, Eli Lake | September 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn 2007, curriculum experts began to devise the new Common Core standards with input from the states.
The Incredibly Stupid War on the Common Core | Charles Upton Sahm | April 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
She has so many sexual partners—about eight different men a day—that she has to devise a scheduling system to keep them in check.
‘Nymphomaniac,’ Lars von Trier’s Icy Orgy of Sex and Self-Loathing, Bows At Sundance | Marlow Stern | January 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAfter seeing injuries to infant girl, suspects devise alibi.
Israel to Simulate Chemical Attack By Suicide Bomber | Orly Halpern | December 5, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTTo meet this heavy expense the ministers had to devise all sorts of expedients to raise money.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonA more potent and public method of ridicule would be difficult to devise.
A Letter from Mr. Cibber to Mr. Pope | Colley CibberThus the facts help us devise the number phrase, and the phrase helps revive the facts.
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)But the prince will devise such things as are worthy of a prince, and he shall stand above the rulers.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousNo lawgiver had ever been able to devise a perfect and immortal form of government.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington Macaulay
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