Definitions
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- noun the act of
creating aplan or someobject , especially awill - verb Present participle of
devise .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act that results in something coming to be
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Examples
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The renowned conductor says José Antonio Abreu should be honoured internationally for his achievement in devising El Sistema, the music education project
Simon Rattle: Abreu deserves the Nobel peace prize Ed Vulliamy 2010
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The nationwide foreclosure mess "might shake up the banks enough to convince them to finally become real partners" in devising workable solutions for distressed borrowers, "forcing them to deal with the reality they've created."
What does foreclosure mess mean to buyers and sellers? Ken Harney 2010
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Never adept with his hands, Bell had the good fortune to discover and inspire Thomas Watson, a young repair mechanic and model maker, who assisted him enthusiastically in devising an apparatus for transmitting sound by electricity.
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Congressional Republicans have not been honest partners in devising or implementing solutions, nor have they consistently offered good suggestions to improve the majority party's initiatives, and this in spite of Obama making concessions and going to such lengths in the early months of his term that he earned criticism for it.
McCain: Obama has done well, but hasn't been bipartisan 2009
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Costolo, 47, also has played a key role in devising an advertising for Twitter as it tries to make money from an online audience that ballooned from 3 million registered users when Williams became CEO in 2008 to 160 million now.
Twitter COO Dick Costolo Replaces Evan Williams As CEO AP 2010
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The nationwide foreclosure mess "might shake up the banks enough to convince them to finally become real partners" in devising workable solutions for distressed borrowers, "forcing them to deal with the reality they've created."
What does foreclosure mess mean to buyers and sellers? Ken Harney 2010
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I fully concede that you may not go through cost-benefit analysis in devising your preferred list of rights or your preferred set of first principles.
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The EPA is prohibited by law from considering costs in devising regulations under the Clean Air Act and other major environmental statutes.
Red Tape Rising: Obama's Torrent of New Regulation James Gattuso 2010
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The oligarchs had succeeded in devising a governmental machine, as intricate as it was vast, that worked -- and this despite all our efforts to clog and hamper.
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Few writers today can match the author's skill in devising an intelligent thriller with heart.
The Black Tower: Summary and book reviews of The Black Tower by Louis Bayard. 2008
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