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[dih-vahyz] / dɪˈvaɪz /


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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

"Diet holds great promise for controlling the microbiome and its outputs. But to devise effective therapeutic interventions, we need to understand what aspects of the diet control which microbial outputs."

From Science Daily Aug. 15, 2026

February 28: An FAA audit gives Boeing 90 days to devise a plan to significantly upgrade its quality control processes.

From Barron's Aug. 3, 2026

It would devise a plan "with its associations and in close co-operation with other confederations" to make sure this "cannot occur again"

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

Sam drove runaways to Boston and New York, hunkered over the latest surveys to devise escape routes, and took care of the final arrangements that would save a fugitive’s life.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

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

When other teachers begin to complain about having valuable items stolen in their lounge, she devises a trap.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 18, 2023

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

To bridge that gap, the sport's governing body has devised a new competition.

From BBC Sep. 11, 2026

Dr. Henry Heimlich devised a new technique more than 50 years ago to stop people from choking.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 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

Without intending to, Galileo had devised an elementary hydraulic press.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

These credentials are meant to help workers prove they have skills like devising effective prompts or using AI for business strategy.

From MarketWatch Jul. 31, 2026

Tuchel's team selections have been a mixture of tactical tinkering, working around injuries and managing minutes, as well as devising the formulas for England's progress.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

Independence required Americans to believe in the risky project of devising a new, republican constitution.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

It’s getting as much mileage as it can out of Murrell’s shopping spree, devising ever more elaborate graphics for readers to keep tabs on what Murrell bought with the stolen money.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

The boys looked at it briefly, quickly lost interest in it and started up a four-man baseball game of their own devising.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith




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