devise
verb (used with object)
to contrive, plan, or elaborate; invent from existing principles or ideas.
has been devising
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present perfect progressiveof devise (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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The composer Elliott Sharp has been devising systems of pitch and structure since the 1970s.
From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2023
As more creators have been leaving YouTube in search of greater audience engagement on popular apps such as Instagram and TikTok, the pioneering video platform has been devising new methods to court artists’ loyalty.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2021
Finally, Johnson advises an institutionalized process for making targeted killing decisions, apparently along the lines of the “playbook” that newly-confirmed CIA director John Brennan has been devising.
From Time ● Mar. 18, 2013
And more recently he has been devising a system for allocating donated kidneys - a set of decisions that is complicated, often with fatal delays, by issues of donor preferences and blood incompatibility.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2012
His mind runs rather on naval architecture at present, and he has been devising an ingenious method of preventing wooden-sided vessels from being crippled by artillery fire.
From The Stark Munro Letters by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
