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The phrase "able to devise a" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when describing someone's capability to create or formulate something, often in a problem-solving or creative context.
Example: "The team was able to devise a new strategy that significantly improved our sales performance."
Alternatives: "capable of creating a" or "skilled at formulating a".
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An accredited laboratory at U.C.L.A. was quickly able to devise a test for THG.
He hadn't been able to devise a work-around for that.
So far, the government has not even been able to devise a card for flight attendants, pilots or Secret Service agents.
Even if Hoover had been able to devise a perfect plan for surmounting the disaster, his lack of political skills would have prevented him from enacting it.
Nonetheless, he was able to devise a simplified list that harmonized them, and now Merchants of Green Coffee can label its product Environmental Choice.
But, even before Wednesday's announcement, Republicans signalled that they would not be able to devise a tax-reform plan along the lines of the 1986 changes.
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To go further, one should consider a practical use case over the cloud to be able to devise an efficient implementation.
Therefore, even without knowing what these hereditary particles are made of, or how they exert their phenotypic effects, the early population geneticists were able to devise an impressive body of theory.
The interval between the first two fatal days so strongly predicted the momentum of future attacks that the researchers were able to devise an equation, and an accompanying graph, that they could use to estimate the course of hostilities in many situations.
If you already have a four-year degree but it's not in nursing, you should be able to devise an accelerated program.
We have not been able to devise any other term for it.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.
Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com