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as in to plot
to engage in a secret plan to accomplish evil or unlawful ends
a trio of courtiers who were discovered to be machinating against the queen
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as in to negotiate
to plan out usually with subtle skill or care
the hackers machinated a way to steal credit numbers from the company's Web site
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Recent Examples of machinate
But Cleopatra, still machinating away in Alexandria, couldn’t handle the thought of Herod gaining any further traction in Antony’s affections.
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Anne Thériault, Longreads, 18 Dec. 2019
Now a new scheme described by ProPublica and The Wall Street Journal involves families seemingly machinating to get an unfair leg up in paying for a coveted seat at a university.
—Adam Harris, The Atlantic, 30 July 2019
Anne Thériault, Longreads, 18 Dec. 2019
Now a new scheme described by ProPublica and The Wall Street Journal involves families seemingly machinating to get an unfair leg up in paying for a coveted seat at a university.
—Adam Harris, The Atlantic, 30 July 2019
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The case, and another one charging him with plotting to overturn the 2020 election, have both been dismissed by the Justice Department special counsel that brought them in light of Trump's November victory.Compiled by Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports, arkansasonline.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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As the trailer revealed, Aleksei becomes the Rhino, plotting to take over Nikolai’s empire and kill Kraven.David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Dec. 2024
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Forum helps match clients with tutors who fit their needs, handles payments, negotiates rates for each tutor and markets them.Emma Whitford, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
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Thousands of Amazon workers at the company's first-ever unionized warehouse voted to authorize a strike on Friday, claiming the tech giant has refused to recognize the union and negotiate a contract at the New York City facility.Max Zahn, ABC News, 13 Dec. 2024
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Max the Dog narrates as the mean and scheming Grinch plots to steal Christmas away from the holiday-loving Whos. Details: 7 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 11 a.m., 3 and 7 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, Aronoff Center for the Arts, 650 Walnut St., Downtown.Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 11 Dec. 2024
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In the series, the heist occurs over a few hours, as the thieves schemed to replace the barrels with lake water.Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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But all of that changed starting in 2017, when Mr. Trump became president amid the F.B.I. investigation into Russia’s covert attempt to manipulate the 2016 election and the nature of the ties between his campaign and Moscow.Charlie Savage, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2024
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Symbolic capitalists—academics, commentators, lawyers, consultants—manipulate words or data rather than making things with their hands.Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2024
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The exhibition also gives visitors a chance to arrange their own bento box with the replica treats.Rosa Rahimi, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
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With no viable means of leaving the base, Moscow requested that the base's command arrange an immediate evacuation to Russia.David Brennan, ABC News, 16 Dec. 2024
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Rakowski’s immediate reward for his efforts was getting to watch the last 10 and a half minutes from the sideline as his backup, Knox Kiffin, engineered two more scoring drives, ending on runs of five yards by Christian Reis and 72 yards by Soren Hong.Los Angeles Times staff, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2024
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Earlier this year in April, Yoshida engineered the repurchase of the U.S. brand’s assets.Chloe Sorvino, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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The movie’s attempt to capture the discord is contrived at best, laughable at worst.Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 10 Dec. 2024
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Athena’s husband’s problems are a little less of a ticking time bomb, but equally contrived.Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
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“Machinate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/machinate. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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