Devices
Devices noun - An inclination or desire; used in the plural in the phrase `left to your own devices'.
Ideas
Both words in one sentence
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The man is amazed to learn that many of the scientific devices and ideas Eureka was based on are being credited to his partner, Sandrov when Pierre came up with them all.
Source: Series / Eureka -
Near-bankrupt, the company reached out to one of its workers, Gunpei Yokoi, noted among coworkers for inventing devices on the side, for product ideas.
Source: Creator / Nintendo - TV Tropes originally had the sole purpose of comparing fiction using omnipresent (but hidden) ideas and plot devices called "tropes", which are usually the common but subtle things found in seemingly different works of fiction.
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