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Free sign upThe phrase "was devised" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that something was created or planned in the past.
Example: "The strategy was devised to improve efficiency in the workplace."
Alternatives: "was created" or "was formulated."
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A remedy was devised.
Even the name was devised by Giugiaro.
To find out, a study was devised.
So the Internet trading alternative was devised.
It was devised by Barbara Machin.
The Media Lab was devised as a refuge for tinkerers.
The 1986 law was devised to be revenue-neutral.
This was devised to get rid of Romanian Roma (gypsies).
Efficiency-wage theory was devised to explain high unemployment.
It was devised as a game for both sexes.
He blames a fault in the way ESA was devised.
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