Devised

Since the early twenty-first century, lol has been a must-have abbreviation.1 Devised by internet users, it conveys mirth—“laughing out loud”—that is invisible and inaudible in purely onscreen interaction.

The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

Since the early twenty-first century, lol has been a must-have abbreviation.1 Devised by internet users, it conveys mirth—“laughing out loud”—that is invisible and inaudible in purely onscreen interaction.

The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

Devised by this French doctor and nutritionist, it took off in the UK last year, popularised by the news that Carole Middleton had used it to lose a few pounds before her daughter's wedding.

The Saturday interview: Dukan diet creator Pierre Dukan | Emine Saner 2012

Devised theater is often divisive: On the night Ms. Steele attended "Mission Drift," four theatergoers elected to leave before the show ended, a particularly aggressive move in a 99-seat theater, where escapes are witnessed by everyone in the audience and on the stage.

Time Travel? Check. Script? Not So Much Lizzie Simon 2012

Devised by computer scientists at The Hebrew University in Jerusalem, the algorithm has been programmed to recognise sarcasm in lengthy texts by analysing patterns of phrases and punctuation often used to indicate irony.

Scientists Devise Algorithm To Detect Sarcasm | Impact Lab 2010

Devised by a moustached ex-doctor, Mike Wozniak, and stooping stand-up and cartoonist Henry Paker, the show is ostensibly a sort-of thriller about a search for a missing scientist.

This week's new comedy 2011

Devised in 1980 and first danced by ABT in 1982, "Duets" features all the abstract modernism that one expects from Cunningham.

Modern Times at City Center Pia Catton 2011

Devised by Grammy-nominated composer/arranger Darcy James Argue and graphic artist Danijel Zezelj, "Brooklyn Babylon" presents a new dystopian version of the Tower of Babel fable, wherein the mayor of Brooklyn, in a grand act of hubris, decides to build the tallest building in the world.

Razing a New Tower of Babel Tad Hendrickson 2011

Devised in the 1990s by William Bengen , a financial planner in El Cajon, Calif., the rule—4.15%, to be exact—quickly spread through the retirement industry.

How Much Is Too Much? Kelly Greene 2011

The new Republican Party had been founded on antislavery principles in 1854 as a direct response to the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Devised by Douglas that same year, the act allowed settlers in the new territories to vote whether to permit slavery within their borders.

Before he became the national icon, Lincoln was a shrewd candidate Sally Jenkins 2010