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
Whether concocting a quick pasta sauce, enjoying a single-pan meal, or bringing some life back to your leftovers, the Petite Cooker is a miniature, versatile cookware item to add to your kitchen.
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Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Jan. 2025
Some moderate House Democrats are keeping the door open to supporting the massive tax, border and energy package President-elect Trump and Republicans are concocting — if the price is right.
—Andrew Solender, Axios, 9 Jan. 2025
On Fourth of July weekend in 1924 at Caesar’s Palace, Cardini concocted the salad as a main course, arranging the lettuce leaves on a plate with the intention that they would be eaten with the fingers.
—John Mariani, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
Or a witch or wizard standing over a cauldron concocting life-altering potions.
—Simone Milasas, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
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Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Jan. 2025
Some moderate House Democrats are keeping the door open to supporting the massive tax, border and energy package President-elect Trump and Republicans are concocting — if the price is right.
—Andrew Solender, Axios, 9 Jan. 2025
On Fourth of July weekend in 1924 at Caesar’s Palace, Cardini concocted the salad as a main course, arranging the lettuce leaves on a plate with the intention that they would be eaten with the fingers.
—John Mariani, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
Or a witch or wizard standing over a cauldron concocting life-altering potions.
—Simone Milasas, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
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The development — dubbed Heritage Place — is the realization of a compromise that community members, stakeholders and the city devised a few years ago to keep Kroehler mansion from demolition.—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Feb. 2025
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But one way of doing this is an SRO, meaning the SEC and the CFTC would jointly create an SRO that would devise these standards, and that would pull in industry expertise.—
Steven Ehrlich,
Forbes,
31 Jan. 2025
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Currently the subject of a Kickstarter campaign, the Blade Booster was invented by German inline skater/entrepreneur Marcel Frerichs.—
Ben Coxworth,
New Atlas,
10 Feb. 2025
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The Shirley Temple was invented at Chasen’s, for the then-underage actress.—
Carolynn Carreño,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2025
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Our businesses and residents depend on Canadian products – from lumber to construct housing to dairy products, energy and more.—
Matthew Medsger,
Boston Herald,
4 Feb. 2025
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It's designed to be so easy and simple to construct that one person, without any help or tools, can set it up and start living the tiny life.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
2 Feb. 2025
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“Concoct.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concoct. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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