CONCOCTING Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

concocting

verb

present participle of concoct

as in devising

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 concocting Baldoni denied wrongdoing and accused Lively of concocting false allegations as part of an effort to wrest creative control of the film. — Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026 But the proposition isn’t simply about concocting an outfit for 18 holes. — Mike Dojc, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026 Ghost also accused Wilson and her PR team of concocting a smear campaign against her. — Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 22 July 2026 And she’s spent a decade scaling her brand into an industry disrupter; Ellsworth began concocting prebiotic drinks in 2015, founding her business just one year later. — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 11 May 2026 According to the report, workers illegally pocketed between $20,000 and more than $41,000 in Paycheck Protection Program loans from a massive federal COVID-19 pandemic relief effort – some by concocting companies that didn't exist to pocket federal assistance funds. — Chris Tye, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026 As Gyllenhaal begins concocting her third directorial feature, could Curtis be part of the picture? — Antonio Ferme, Variety, 6 Mar. 2026 Gyllenhaal, who also wrote her film, has corrected the imbalance, refashioning the story from the Bride’s perspective and concocting a protagonist of unfiltered feminist fury. — ABC News, 4 Mar. 2026 Both activities can be fairly ordinary hobbies—games of imagination not so different from crushing on a pop star or concocting stories about a film protagonist. — Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 17 Jan. 2026

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Now, researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have thwarted that tyranny even more profoundly, by devising an ultra-fast way to steer light, using light itself as the steering wheel.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Aug. 2026
Now Iran’s hardline leadership is devising and promoting its own strategy for continued confrontation with Washington.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of devising

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His great-great-grandfather, Antonio Cansino, was widely credited with inventing modern-day Spanish dance.

— Hannah Vanbiber, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Whether inventing the Bong-a-Tron or freeing themselves after hours trapped inside a Party City parking lot, these misadventures almost always hinge on weed.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2026

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Asante draws a manufacturing analogy—with some exaggeration—arguing that previous nuclear power plants were built bespoke, akin to constructing an entire factory to produce a single car.

— Jordan Blum, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026
Mendoza, of the Philippine Tennis Association, told me that new public courts are being built around the country, and the government is constructing a new national tennis center.

— Albert Samaha, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026

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