devise

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That left executives working through the holidays to devise a complicated road back that wouldn’t alienate the players who had stayed all along.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 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

He also created Write Start: The Sam Heughan Creative Commission, an annual award at RCS to encourage students to devise new work.

From BBC • Jan. 2, 2026

Once Torricelli’s experiment had been accepted as a basic model, it was possible to devise all sorts of variations.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton