concoct
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adjective
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Synonyms
construct, contrive, cook (up), devise, drum up, excogitate, fabricate, invent, make up, manufacture, think (up), trump up, vamp (up)
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Even in the era of Instagram Live and TikTok, KTT draws thousands of users a day, ready to debate the merits of a guest verse or to concoct conspiracy theories about celebrity friendships. — Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, "Brockhampton Grows Up," 2 Sep. 2019 There are entire Madison Avenue creative agencies that have yet to concoct a single catch phrase as potent as any of Davis's three gems. — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, "How the Influence of Al Davis Shaped the Modern NFL," 27 Aug. 2019 Back in San Francisco, the streets were mostly deserted, as Chronicle reporter Jerry Carroll tried to concoct a local story. — Peter Hartlaub, SFChronicle.com, "Apollo 11 moon landing inspired celebrations, strife-free days in San Francisco," 18 July 2019 Despite his defeat at the high court, Trump has forged ahead by ordering the Justice Department to concoct a new theory for putting the citizenship question on the census. — Matt Ford, The New Republic, "The War to Empower Rural White Voters Is Bigger Than Trump," 9 July 2019 In some cases, these governments and others have used the systems to target dissidents and LGBTQ citizens, and even to concoct false charges of blasphemy. — The New York Review of Books, "Antony Loewenstein," 4 Jan. 2019 Before that, the Dodgers (85-44) spent Thursday night concocting their 12th walk-off win over a less formidable AL East opponent after an eight-inning offensive slumber. — Los Angeles Times, "Can the Dodgers win a World Series with Kenley Jansen continuing to struggle as their closer?," 22 Aug. 2019 In the America presented on their news and opinion website, WesternJournal.com, tradition-minded patriots face ceaseless assault by anti-Christian bigots, diseased migrants and race hustlers concocting hate crimes. — Justin Bank, New York Times, "Big Tech, a Conservative Provocateur and the Fight Over Disinformation," 21 Aug. 2019 Bob Sutton and Holly Hall Tate were coworkers a few years back when Sutton concocted a great simple syrup recipe to make old-fashioned cocktails easy. — Tracy Maness, Houston Chronicle, "Five Houston-area companies compete in H-E-B food contest," 9 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'concoct.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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