concocted; concocting; concocts
1
: to prepare by combining raw materials
concoct a recipe
concocted a tropical fruit smoothie
concocter
noun
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Examples of concoct in a Sentence
The drink was first concocted by a bartender in New York.
She concocted a stew from the leftovers.
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His team concocted an idea where Tyler would walk vertically up a cliff wall, hang on to a ledge for dear life, then be blown across (and off) the stage by a simulated wind gust.
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Chris Willman, Variety, 16 Apr. 2024
Pan concocted the plan in part to collect $500,000 from her parents' estate, according to Toronto Life.
—Christina Coulter, Fox News, 13 Apr. 2024
It was concocted by a French baker in the nineteen-twenties, but was named either for its main ingredient, almonds sourced from Crimea, or for the sprinkling of powdered sugar on top that recalls the snowy Siberian steppes.
—Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
The other, the lab leak hypothesis, posits that the virus escaped from a virology lab in Wuhan, China, where it may have been deliberately concocted.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024
In fact, the author appears to have concocted other news stories over the last several weeks.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 20 Mar. 2024
Reynolds said the pair also concocted a plan to pin the killing on Talyn Vigil since his name is so similar to Talan Renner's.
—Robert Anglen, The Arizona Republic, 10 Mar. 2024
The complaint alleges that the federal government concocted illegitimate reasons for expediting the survey, forgoing a process that would have allowed mining companies to object.
—Joel Khalili, WIRED, 6 Mar. 2024
But concocting the irresistible formula was far from the most difficult part.
—India Espy-Jones, Essence, 19 Mar. 2024
Chris Willman, Variety, 16 Apr. 2024
Pan concocted the plan in part to collect $500,000 from her parents' estate, according to Toronto Life.
—Christina Coulter, Fox News, 13 Apr. 2024
It was concocted by a French baker in the nineteen-twenties, but was named either for its main ingredient, almonds sourced from Crimea, or for the sprinkling of powdered sugar on top that recalls the snowy Siberian steppes.
—Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
The other, the lab leak hypothesis, posits that the virus escaped from a virology lab in Wuhan, China, where it may have been deliberately concocted.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024
In fact, the author appears to have concocted other news stories over the last several weeks.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 20 Mar. 2024
Reynolds said the pair also concocted a plan to pin the killing on Talyn Vigil since his name is so similar to Talan Renner's.
—Robert Anglen, The Arizona Republic, 10 Mar. 2024
The complaint alleges that the federal government concocted illegitimate reasons for expediting the survey, forgoing a process that would have allowed mining companies to object.
—Joel Khalili, WIRED, 6 Mar. 2024
But concocting the irresistible formula was far from the most difficult part.
—India Espy-Jones, Essence, 19 Mar. 2024
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