How to Use devise in a Sentence

devise

1 of 2 verb
Definition of devisenext
Synonyms for devisenext
  • They have devised a new method for converting sunlight into electricity.
  • With this new insight, Gypsy devised a plan to run away with Dan, who promised to take care of her.
    — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 6 Jan. 2024
  • An appeal reached the Supreme Court, which devised a test to clarify the reach of Section 5 claims.
    — Nick Corasaniti, New York Times, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Jackson and his sound team devised a method to isolate Lennon’s vocal on the original tape with the help of AI.
    — Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 26 Oct. 2023
  • That’s the nature of generative AI and how it is devised.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024
  • Now, both sides are blaming the other for the failure, straining to devise a path forward.
    — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Some innovators try to devise a gadget that changes the world.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 19 Nov. 2023
  • Sometimes results won't provide a clear answer, and new ways of testing might have to be devised.
    — Conor Feehly, Discover Magazine, 22 June 2023
  • Chung’s response to the Mall’s grandiosity was to devise the only installation that will hug the earth.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2023
  • Around that same time, Randy and his friends devised a plan to surprise Ana, 17, with a special visit during one of her high school basketball games.
    — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Once a repair for the issue has been devised, owners will be advised to go to their Ford or Lincoln dealer to have the vehicles fixed at no charge.
    — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 6 June 2023
  • There is one upside to the fact that this is such a common annoyance: Many people have devised clever solutions.
    — Annie Midori Atherton, Washington Post, 6 June 2023
  • Our Test Kitchen devised a simple hack to ensure galette success every time (no leaks or breached pastry here).
    — Melissa Gray, Southern Living, 7 July 2023
  • The first cloud chamber was devised by physicist Charles Thomas Rees Wilson in 1895 to reproduce the airborne puffs and study their behavior.
    — Bill Gourgey, Popular Science, 23 Nov. 2023
  • After a working group devised plans for the inaugural process last fall, the city turned to residents in March for their input on how the money should be spent.
    — Alex Koller, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Aug. 2023
  • The two devised a plan that called for reverse diagonal parking and refurbishment of the area.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2023
  • In the nineteen-seventies, Bruce Ames, a biochemist at Berkeley, devised a way to test whether a chemical might cause cancer.
    — Siddhartha Mukherjee, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Wu has said the city will work with the state to devise a transportation plan for the O’Bryant students that is expected to include dedicated shuttles.
    — Deanna Pan, BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2023
  • Savill helped devise the U.K.’s creative sector tax reliefs, which have stood the test of time since being introduced some 15 years ago.
    — Steve Clarke, Variety, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Many of these techniques were devised to decode sleep's role in memory and cognition.
    — Ingrid Wickelgren, Scientific American, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Doing so could enable us to devise new training techniques on how humans can learn new languages.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Now, under the watchful eye of the court, the council will have to devise a new map that complies with a complex tangle of federal legal requirements.
    — Danny McDonald, BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2023
  • Do a risk assessment of everything that could go wrong and devise solutions for those problems.
    — Craig Caudill, Field & Stream, 18 Oct. 2023
  • The Radius Outfitters Gear Box 3500 empowers campers to devise a storage system that best suits their needs.
    — Kevin Brouillard, Travel + Leisure, 21 Feb. 2024
  • With help from an influential supporter and partner, Commerce Bank’s Jonathan Kemper, the group devised a plan to restore the garden in stages as the money came in.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The officers allegedly reviewed the footage after the incident, then devised a plan to prevent the video from being reviewed.
    — Christina Coulter, Fox News, 2 Oct. 2023
  • When it was introduced more than two decades ago, Medicare Advantage had been devised as a money-saving plan.
    — Don Lee, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2023
  • Mia writes stories and devises her own secret language.
    — Austin Elias-De Jesus, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Dedmon devised the coverup scheme to cover up the involved officers' misconduct.
    — USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Rather than render medical aid to Mr. Jenkins, the officers reassembled outside to devise a cover story.
    — Brendan O'Brien and Steve Gorman, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Mar. 2024
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devise

2 of 2 noun
  • Ally expects to surface in some of the content that creators who take part in the program devise.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 16 Oct. 2021
  • After the attack, Henderson grabbed the cash and fled, leaving the devise behind, records show.
    — Barbara Hijek, Sun-Sentinel.com, 16 Oct. 2017
  • The Dutch devise lakes, garages, parks and plazas that are a boon to daily life but also double as enormous reservoirs for when the seas and rivers spill over.
    — The New York Times, NOLA.com, 16 June 2017
  • The group has been working with Teen Vogue editors to firm up their collections and devise plans that are pandemic-proof.
    — Vogue Runway, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2020
  • To listen to a St. Vincent album is to let go of the guitar as rhythmic driver or pyrotechnic devise.
    — Andrew Dansby, Houston Chronicle, 13 Dec. 2017
  • My coping devise for this conundrum, at least on the breakfast front, is to concentrate my efforts on the weekend.
    — Yotam Ottolenghi, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2017
  • So Fuer had a millworker devise custom red covers, which connect to a red bookcase tucked between the room’s two windows.
    — Hadley Keller, House Beautiful, 1 Apr. 2021
  • Citizens have a right to expect that their leaders will prepare for the unthinkable and devise systems that are nimble enough to respond.
    — Editorial Board Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 21 Oct. 2020
  • Evangelista ignored commands to surrender, and the SWAT team deployed noise and flash devises, the statement says.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 26 Sep. 2019
  • Unlike with alcohol, there is nothing like a Breathalyzer devise for cannabis that police can use.
    — Sam Wood, Philly.com, 18 June 2018
  • That included biking and doing aqua-jogging, which meant going back and forth in the pool with a flotation devise to maintain his cardiovascular while working his leg muscles with the water absorbing the pounding.
    — Steve Brand, sandiegouniontribune.com, 28 Aug. 2017
  • State authorities organized an online meeting last month with presiding judges statewide to recommend each devise a system to meet local needs.
    — oregonlive, 12 Aug. 2020
  • The plasma can interact with electrical currents in the upper atmosphere, creating large currents that could fry power grids and electrical devises on the planet’s surface and erase magnetic tape and other media.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 3 Oct. 2017
  • Grogan, over his two decades as CEO, figured out the nonprofit could drive change by combining the power of research on critical topics such as affordable housing and education reform with its ability to convene stakeholders and devise solutions.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2021
  • Cyberbullying can occur with any electronic devise, including cell phones, computers, and tablets.
    — Linda Blackwell Simmons, star-telegram, 23 Aug. 2017
  • Some fear China could use such data to give its drug industry an economic advantage, devise bioweapons tailored to Americans’ genetics, or even blackmail people by threatening to publicize private information.
    — Jocelyn Kaiser, Science | AAAS, 14 June 2021
  • A week later, undetonated explosive devises were found on another ferry.
    — Nancy Trejos, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2018
  • Ally expects to surface in some of the content that creators who take part in the program devise.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 16 Oct. 2021
  • After the attack, Henderson grabbed the cash and fled, leaving the devise behind, records show.
    — Barbara Hijek, Sun-Sentinel.com, 16 Oct. 2017
  • The Dutch devise lakes, garages, parks and plazas that are a boon to daily life but also double as enormous reservoirs for when the seas and rivers spill over.
    — The New York Times, NOLA.com, 16 June 2017
  • The group has been working with Teen Vogue editors to firm up their collections and devise plans that are pandemic-proof.
    — Vogue Runway, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2020
  • To listen to a St. Vincent album is to let go of the guitar as rhythmic driver or pyrotechnic devise.
    — Andrew Dansby, Houston Chronicle, 13 Dec. 2017
  • My coping devise for this conundrum, at least on the breakfast front, is to concentrate my efforts on the weekend.
    — Yotam Ottolenghi, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2017
  • So Fuer had a millworker devise custom red covers, which connect to a red bookcase tucked between the room’s two windows.
    — Hadley Keller, House Beautiful, 1 Apr. 2021
  • Citizens have a right to expect that their leaders will prepare for the unthinkable and devise systems that are nimble enough to respond.
    — Editorial Board Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 21 Oct. 2020
  • Evangelista ignored commands to surrender, and the SWAT team deployed noise and flash devises, the statement says.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 26 Sep. 2019
  • Unlike with alcohol, there is nothing like a Breathalyzer devise for cannabis that police can use.
    — Sam Wood, Philly.com, 18 June 2018
  • That included biking and doing aqua-jogging, which meant going back and forth in the pool with a flotation devise to maintain his cardiovascular while working his leg muscles with the water absorbing the pounding.
    — Steve Brand, sandiegouniontribune.com, 28 Aug. 2017
  • State authorities organized an online meeting last month with presiding judges statewide to recommend each devise a system to meet local needs.
    — oregonlive, 12 Aug. 2020
  • The plasma can interact with electrical currents in the upper atmosphere, creating large currents that could fry power grids and electrical devises on the planet’s surface and erase magnetic tape and other media.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 3 Oct. 2017

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