concoct
verb (used with object)
to prepare or make by combining ingredients, especially in cooking.
are concocting
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present progressiveof concoct.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Look Dine-In is brewing its own beer in Chandler, Ariz. Theater bartenders are concocting movie-themed cocktails.
From New York Times ● May 31, 2023
But there is one constant: Most people still aren’t going to the office daily because their companies are concocting schedules that allow them to work remotely some of the time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2022
Of course, all well-read comic book fans know that Mysterio is a villain, and his powers are concocting grand illusions, a subplot that plays out perfectly in the film.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 1, 2019
They are concocting elaborate scams to sneak through airports in Caribbean nations that once accepted them freely.
From New York Times ● Nov. 25, 2016
Making Compost The closest analogies to composting I can imagine are concocting similar fermented products like bread, beer, or sauerkraut.
From Organic Gardener's Composting by Steve Solomon
