conspiratorial

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Recent Examples of conspiratorial Service here is thoughtful and conspiratorial — none of the too-cool energy that seems to pervade speakeasies in other European cities. Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 28 Jan. 2025 As a shape-shifting rock poet — a prophet with a nasal yowl — Dylan and his opaque words were particularly attractive for theorists of the literary, musical and conspiratorial varieties. Corey Kilgannon, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025 Sure, there had been shows that broke the fourth wall, but none did so with quite the same conspiratorial panache as Phoebe Waller-Bridge, delivering her straight-to-camera confessions with winking glee and singular wit. Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 31 Jan. 2025 Americans broadly are susceptible to conspiratorial thinking. Miles Bryan, Vox, 30 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for conspiratorial
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conspiratorial
Adjective
  • After authorities responded with mass arrests, weavers formed clandestine committees and took secret oaths.
    John Cassidy, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Til Schweiger plays a sardonic whale-tourism boat captain (and former elite military operative, obviously) who gets roped into taking down a clandestine organization that’s building the perfect super-soldier through genetic experiments.
    Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Then Gungnir covert sniper rifle seems like a bargain, relatively speaking, at just $12,867.
    Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • In the letter, Grassley wrote that the records would help shine a light on the Nazi planning of the covert escape routes.
    Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The first surreptitious shots of Robbie in costume, however, lit up the internet anew.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2025
  • The department has been criticized for using surreptitious means to collect DNA, like grabbing a soda can used by a suspect after questioning.
    Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 24 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Despite fluorescent lights, the space felt furtive.
    Hazlitt, Hazlitt, 5 Mar. 2025
  • On that furtive call with Reacher, Duffy tells him the pickup truck and the Audi Richard Beck’s bodyguard were driving in the same police lot.
    Chris Klimek, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025

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“Conspiratorial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conspiratorial. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.

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