concoct
verb (used with object)
to prepare or make by combining ingredients, especially in cooking.
concocts
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present tense formof concoct (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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While seizing on a story about Manhattanites living in storage facilities, he meets Virginia, with whom he concocts a plan to infiltrate a massive Oklahoma data center.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
Whatever the excuse the angry man concocts, the impetus is always the same: The eyes of a woman are directed at someone or something that is not him, and he is indignant over it.
From Salon ● Apr. 8, 2024
Each weekday, your host, Ray Hamel, concocts a challenging set of unique questions on a specific topic.
From Slate ● Jun. 12, 2023
Multicellular living matter concocts its own schemes, which means cells won't necessarily stay in the same place or state.
From Scientific American ● May 31, 2023
Madame Manec’s energy, Marie-Laure is learning, is extraordinary; she burgeons, shoots off stalks, wakes early, works late, concocts bisques without a drop of cream, loaves with less than a cup of flour.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
