as in to devise
to create or think of by clever use of the imagination
trying to concoct an explanation for how the lamp got broken by itself
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Recent Examples of concoct
After that, Aden gets to have some fun concocting various flavors by finishing the spirits in different casks – like those previously used for sherry or rum – and by blending different ages together for complexity.
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Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 14 Apr. 2025
The book centers on Amber Patterson concocting a plan to get closer to the wealthy Daphne Parrish, whose lavish life Amber envies.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 17 Apr. 2025
The creator of the modern-day Tequila Sunrise, concocted and popularized in a Sausalito bar in the 1970s, has died.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
Holy Cow Idaho in Nampa has concocted The Cherry Bomb ($16.79 with french fries): one-third pound of grass-fed Wagyu with white cheddar cheese, smoky bacon, buttermilk onion straws, roasted jalapeno aioli and black cherry barbecue sauce on a toasted brioche bun from Gaston’s Bakery.
—Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 28 Apr. 2025
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Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 14 Apr. 2025
The book centers on Amber Patterson concocting a plan to get closer to the wealthy Daphne Parrish, whose lavish life Amber envies.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 17 Apr. 2025
The creator of the modern-day Tequila Sunrise, concocted and popularized in a Sausalito bar in the 1970s, has died.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
Holy Cow Idaho in Nampa has concocted The Cherry Bomb ($16.79 with french fries): one-third pound of grass-fed Wagyu with white cheddar cheese, smoky bacon, buttermilk onion straws, roasted jalapeno aioli and black cherry barbecue sauce on a toasted brioche bun from Gaston’s Bakery.
—Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 28 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for concoct
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Directors: Scout Purdy & Doug Purdy After a series of revelations, 15-year-old Joe devises a plan to cure her teen angst: a month-long pilgrimage filled with communication issues, terrible survival skills, and zero Wi-Fi—AKA a summer hiking trip with her father.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
22 May 2025
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Cabinet secretaries were sidelined, and staff members devised elaborate strategies to avoid placing him in situations that might expose his decline.—
Doug Friednash,
Denver Post,
21 May 2025
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And what if an amazing Jewish émigré scientist—Richard Dreyfuss, say—had already invented the technology?—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
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Now, the Entity intends to annihilate humanity in four days unless it can be taken offline by a key that accesses a gizmo in the Arctic Sea that connects to a whatsit that Ving Rhames’s weary Luther is attempting to invent from a makeshift hospital bed somewhere in the subway tunnels of London.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2025
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As the fireline is constructed, inspected or reinforced, mappers record those details to adjust the containment percentage.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
22 May 2025
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Other parts of the initiative that drew heavy criticism included proposals to construct lodges with up to 350 rooms at Anastasia State Park in St. Johns County and Topsail Hill Preserve State Park in Walton County.—
News Service Of Florida,
Sun Sentinel,
22 May 2025
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