devise
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But the question of how we get there means everything, and all this straight-line script can devise in terms of motivation is to have characters give up creating fake drama.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 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
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
If the offense is to generate more points, he needs to devise a new scheme.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2026
I go online and devise a running plan.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
Vocabulary lists containing devise
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