devised

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One of best-known of those models is named for the three Federal Reserve economists who devised it: Kathryn Holston, Thomas Laubach and John Williams.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

When Uefa devised this system, it believed the idea of 11 teams from one country qualifying for Europe was so far-fetched as to be barely worth mentioning.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

U.S. special operations forces have devised plans for seizing the nuclear weapons, facilities, and materials of many hostile or turbulent countries.

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026

So the market may get a fourth competitor—though not the one regulators had devised.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

It was a family joke, a line devised by their father which usually made strangers laugh when they put the question.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan