hit upon
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They hit upon the idea of creating a cipher using musical notation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Frank Epperson accidentally hit upon his innovation at the ripe old age of 11.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 4, 2026
Mr Bloom and his co-founders hit upon a plan to use vast banks of these units to power a crypto-mining operation.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2025
Donaldson says that the story’s brief but profound shock was something she hit upon early in the project’s genesis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2024
His strength will increase as a snow-ball, by rolling, and faster, if some expedient cannot be hit upon to convince the slaves and servants of the impotency of his designs.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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