devise
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Ali Shamkhani led Iran’s Defense Council, a body created in August 2025 after the June war to help devise military wartime strategy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026
Europe on its own can neither devise nor implement a plan for the territory.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026
Elevating one internal candidate also could spark an exodus by the others, putting pressure on the board to devise ways to retain Disney’s accomplished runners-up.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2026
If the offense is to generate more points, he needs to devise a new scheme.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2026
The king had his court musicians, one of whom was Bach’s son Carl Philipp Emanuel, devise a tune specially, one they mischievously knew was practically impossible to turn into a fugue without creating horrible dissonances.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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