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

Among other things, students devise lifestyles, budgets and investing strategies for several phases of adulthood—especially between ages 18 and 35.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 8, 2026

In the soundtrack of his youth, Walter Thompson-Hernández and his friends liked to devise a game of escape.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 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

Together they devise a plan to persuade Goupil’s to champion their favorite artists not only in Paris but also in The Hague and in London.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman