devise
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Never formally trained as a historian, Churchill had to devise a method to prepare a serious autobiography while serving in Parliament.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
In the soundtrack of his youth, Walter Thompson-Hernández and his friends liked to devise a game of escape.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2026
If the offense is to generate more points, he needs to devise a new scheme.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2026
He also created Write Start: The Sam Heughan Creative Commission, an annual award at RCS to encourage students to devise new work.
From BBC • Jan. 2, 2026
Once Torricelli’s experiment had been accepted as a basic model, it was possible to devise all sorts of variations.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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