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devise

[dih-vahyz] / dɪˈvaɪz /


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Europe on its own can neither devise nor implement a plan for the territory.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 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

Elevating one internal candidate also could spark an exodus by the others, putting pressure on the board to devise ways to retain Disney’s accomplished runners-up.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2026

If the offense is to generate more points, he needs to devise a new scheme.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2026

If you were going to devise an experiment to measure the relative influences of nature versus nurture, you couldn’t come up with anything better than my life.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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