devise
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Instead, McLaren devised what it called the Papaya Rules: Norris and Piastri were free to race each other and the road would decide which one would win his first F1 championship.
“Denny devised a miniature radio plane, remote-controlled, which became the basis for drones in World War II,” and was used to train fighter pilots, Wanamaker says.
From Los Angeles Times
Platforms are expected to devise their own means to stop this happening.
From Barron's
He devised a code to record every letter he received, with each letter writer identified by initials and the last two numbers of their ZIP Code.
"The challenge has been to devise a more benign pre-treatment process, diminishing risk to the point that patients suffering from an autoimmune deficiency that may not be immediately life-threatening would feel comfortable undergoing the treatment."
From Science Daily
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