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devise

[dih-vahyz] / dɪˈvaɪz /


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We queried experts across sports medicine, personal training and physical therapy to devise easy routines comprising simple exercises you can do at home to test and train your balance.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

"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

Eventually he was going to devise a whole new sport of wheelchair tennis, introduce it to the world and see it played at Grand Slams and Paralympics.

From BBC Jul. 7, 2026

Many wrestled with regret over having used the laws of physics, which they revered, to devise a weapon of mass destruction.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

Moreton devises trades by feeding reams of weather data and historical prices into machine-learning models.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

He oversees training, takes charge of set-piece routines and devises certain patterns of play.

From BBC May 28, 2024

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

Often, junk science originates when an individual devises a forensic technique based on minimal or narrow experience and data.

From Salon Feb. 1, 2023

He had joined the ranks of those ‘overcome with the incredible delight conceived of their own devises and inventions’.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Ahead of an expected public-market debut later this year, Agility Robotics says it’s cracked the code and devised humanoids that can work safely alongside real humans.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

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

"By contrast, a change of leadership at EssilorLuxottica would, in our view, be negative, as the group's strategy has been devised and implemented consistently by Milleri over the past few years," Equita said.

From Barron's Aug. 25, 2026

Arabic astronomy was highly sophisticated, and at least the equal of any Western astronomy until Copernicus—indeed, Copernicus may well have used technical solutions devised by Arab astronomers.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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

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

Tuchel's team selections have been a mixture of tactical tinkering, working around injuries and managing minutes, as well as devising the formulas for England's progress.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

Indian news outlets have reported that the people devising the questions for Sunday’s exam have been isolated at a secure facility, with limited access to devices.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 20, 2026

The song was obviously of his own devising, a rather candid revelation about the personal habits of a local nobleman.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss




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