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drum up

verb

Definition of drum up

as in to devise

to create or think of by clever use of the imagination anyone who drums up a better way of doing this tedious task will make a fortune

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Recent Examples of drum up Some tabloids tried to drum up conflict among the three of us. — Brianne Tracy, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2026 Santos sought to drum up interest in his possible attendance at the SOTU by repeatedly posting about his plans to show up. — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 31 Aug. 2026 The Basij boosted its presence during the war, and hard-liners have held nightly rallies in Tehran and other cities, drumming up support and intimidating any possible dissenters. — Lee Keath, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026 There are nonprofits, like RescueMeATL, that connect shelters to photographers and content creators to help drum up adoption excitement. — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 28 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for drum up

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Teams devised an unprecedented bit of spaceship surgery to replace the valve without draining the propellant and disassembling the spacecraft, steps that would have triggered a much longer delay.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 1 Oct. 2026
This boutique-sized wellness retreat of 10 antique handmade Javanese wooden houses in Uluwatu was devised by owner Martha Brooke as a place to share many of the holistic methods and tools that helped her overcome cancer.

— Kathryn Romeyn, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of devise

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Sharply constructed, this is the kind of old-fashioned horror movie that Hitchcock would have liked.

— Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2026
German accessories label Melina Bucher has used the material for the Arch Woven, a rounded shoulder bag constructed from narrow strips cut and interlaced by hand.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2026

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In Canada, when an Air Canada chatbot invented a bereavement-fare policy, the airline argued the bot was a separate entity responsible for its own actions; the tribunal called the submission remarkable and made the airline pay.

— Michael Riedl, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Charles, on the other hand, had the talent and ability to create a military legacy that could eclipse the one Cyrus had invented for himself.

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026

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