devising

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Barton builds up Mozart’s role, with emphasis on his home life, which he fills with discord and challenges of his own devising.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

By devising a tax-efficient and multifaceted distribution strategy.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 27, 2026

When devising her third studio album, Sampa the Great looked to the niche, brief musical movement that ignited her birth country more than 50 years ago.

From BBC • Dec. 19, 2025

Start by devising a complex yet easy-to-remember password, perhaps a nonsensical but memorable passphrase.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

I trudged behind my master, devising a way to earn six bolts of silk to buy my freedom and cursing Samir’s mustache to become a nest of lice.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri