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He spent much of the weekend holed up in Wilkinson’s Washington offices, where lawyers took turns role-playing as the judge and peppering lawyers with the toughest questions they could devise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Rantzen also found time to devise a new talent series, The Big Time, which launched the career of singer Sheena Easton.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

A former Trump administration official told ProPublica the group’s purpose was to strengthen the United States’ strategic position in Greenland and devise policies to bring the two closer.

From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026

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

He meant to stop at the wedding on his way to New York and endeavor by every means which money and love could devise to atone somewhat for Edna’s incomprehensible action.

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin

He even devises a way to keep the goats corralled so that he doesn’t have to chase them down or use up his precious bullets and gunpowder.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

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

From BBC ● May 28, 2024

She devises a way to beam them better, and gets an answer back, though not the answer anyone would expect.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 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

Down on the ground, he devises spectacles for the duke.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

At a meeting of Fifa's Council last week, Infantino apologised for his World Cup sell-off plan, but failed to offer a full explanation for how the proposal was devised.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Schlesinger initially devised the idea of the timeless tickets after seeing forever stamps at the post office and wondering if a similar concept could work in baseball.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Locked in a cat-and-mouse struggle, biology professor Timothy Paustian devised novel ways to catch students turning in chatbot-generated assignments.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

Costume designer Colleen Atwood devised the ensemble, while Ed Cubberly created the famous fiberglass muzzle, deliberately leaving it uncoated to evoke the look of dried, taut skin.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Was Watt familiar with the concept of latent heat when he devised his new engine, and did the new theory inform his new technology?

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Defenders have to test and install the software patches, while hackers study the patches as a guide to find new vulnerabilities, looking to see what has changed and then devising ways of attacking those areas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

If you weren’t aware of SpaceX’s role, you might wonder if colleges and universities had become better at devising market-beating strategies.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

The company said it was working with airlines on a procedure to allow pilots to re-enable the automated navigation feature if needed, and also devising a software fix.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

Councils and mayors will play a leading role in devising local solutions with the areas with the biggest problem receiving the most support.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

I spent my days devising new strategies for capture-the- flag and making alliances with the other cabins to keep the banner out of Ares’s hands.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan