devised
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To bridge that gap, the sport's governing body has devised a new competition.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Except the library had devised a vastly superior arrangement: There was nothing I had to purchase in order to qualify.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
"In this war, solutions devised during the Cold War will not work, nor will ideas developed over the past decade prove effective," he said, referring to naming-and-shaming tactics as one example.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
But meanwhile he devised an extraordinarily ingenious system for getting his information out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
For a start, Newcomen could not have devised his engine without knowing about the pressure of the atmosphere, since this provides its driving force.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
