devise

During World War II, while working for the government, he had used multiple regression analysis—a means of statistical prediction—to try to devise two stronger alloys for use in military airplanes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

So I try to devise things that I think will amuse him.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

A former Trump administration official told ProPublica the group’s purpose was to strengthen the United States’ strategic position in Greenland and devise policies to bring the two closer.

From Salon ● Sep. 16, 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

“All these people, in conjunction with the State Department of Education in Tallahassee, have helped to devise this emergency relocation plan.”

From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor

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

Rose Njeri was detained on Friday after police raided her home in the capital, Nairobi, and seized electronic devises, activists said.

From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2025

Afterward, just before mandatory lights out, Gi-hun devises a plan.

From Salon ● Dec. 27, 2024

She devises a way to beam them better, and gets an answer back, though not the answer anyone would expect.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2024

Down on the ground, he devises spectacles for the duke.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

At the time of the ball-tampering controversy, Smith explained it was devised by the "leadership group" of the Australian team on the third day of the third Test in Cape Town.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Elements Gehry devised to set it apart are already visible, as construction on the $337-million addition to the Colburn School of Performing Arts reveals details the architect conceived years ago.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Locked in a cat-and-mouse struggle, biology professor Timothy Paustian devised novel ways to catch students turning in chatbot-generated assignments.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

He devised policy recommendations “for Ukraine’s postwar reconstruction” as a visiting fellow at the conservative Heritage Foundation, his LinkedIn profile says.

From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026

Professional educator that she was, Penelope was proud to have devised a way to combine the study of poetry and the eating of vegetables into a single enjoyable lesson.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

A juicy plot-thickener here: The three credit bureaus created and own VantageScore, devising it as a way to pay less for credit scores.

From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2026

If you weren’t aware of SpaceX’s role, you might wonder if colleges and universities had become better at devising market-beating strategies.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

The ChatGPT maker said Tuesday that its internal testing had determined that the forthcoming model, called Astra, is capable of devising and executing novel cyberattacks against difficult targets with only limited human input.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

Councils and mayors will play a leading role in devising local solutions with the areas with the biggest problem receiving the most support.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

They grinned the way people who share a secret do, slyly, like they’d sat in that dim shoe shop all day not making shoes at all but devising secret plots.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini