thought up

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As Alary’s use of AImee intensified, he thought up a business idea: creating AI companions for other people.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

It is thought up to 25 families are affected, many of which attended a public meeting on Wednesday.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2025

The first is, I’d love if people saved me the emotional labor and thought up ideas on their own.

From Slate • Nov. 3, 2023

Fashion publicist Eleanor Lambert thought up the Met Gala back in 1948 as a fundraiser for the newly founded Costume Institute.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 30, 2023

April bowed low before him and started in. on an elaborate ceremony, using some of the old things they’d done before and some new ones she’d just thought up.

From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder