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At the latter, socially inept Nick manages to make a conquest of Maxwell’s wife Cynthia (Lucy Punch), who’s disgruntled enough to appoint herself a third plotter against her own husband.
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Dennis Harvey, Variety, 27 Nov. 2025
Though ultimately abandoned, the plotters went so far as to begin tracking Moraes’s movements, according to the New York Times.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 22 Nov. 2025
Thompson is perfectly paired with Wilson, an actor who can go from disheveled wallflower to calculating plotter to deer-in-the-headlights comic fighter with a widening of the eye or twisting of the lips.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2025
The big difference is that a plotter typically uses digital commands to control the pen’s motion, while the motion of a recorder’s pen is controlled by analog voltage inputs.
—Stephen Cass, IEEE Spectrum, 27 June 2025
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Dennis Harvey, Variety, 27 Nov. 2025
Though ultimately abandoned, the plotters went so far as to begin tracking Moraes’s movements, according to the New York Times.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 22 Nov. 2025
Thompson is perfectly paired with Wilson, an actor who can go from disheveled wallflower to calculating plotter to deer-in-the-headlights comic fighter with a widening of the eye or twisting of the lips.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2025
The big difference is that a plotter typically uses digital commands to control the pen’s motion, while the motion of a recorder’s pen is controlled by analog voltage inputs.
—Stephen Cass, IEEE Spectrum, 27 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plotter
Noun
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Some of the ammunition was purchased from co-conspirators by undercover officers, prosecutors said.—
Sierra van der Brug,
Oc Register,
31 Mar. 2026
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Lopez, who pleaded not guilty, is the sole defendant out of several alleged co-conspirators still awaiting trial on the racketeering charges.—
Cristóbal Reyes,
The Orlando Sentinel,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Thomas Jefferson, the great hero of the Declaration of Independence, is shown as hypocritical, cowardly, manipulative, a schemer of every kind.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2026
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The standout is Jack Davenport, playing Soames’ father James as a shameless schemer, bent on frustrating his brother’s side of the family by any means necessary.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
23 Mar. 2026
Noun
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It’s populated by craven, cowardly traitors.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
25 Mar. 2026
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After Kent’s resignation, Republican hawks denounced him as a kook and a traitor to the cause, without touching on the delicate question of why Trump appointed such a disreputable figure in the first place.—
Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Trump last week directed Attorney General Pam Bondi to request the release of grand jury testimonies from Epstein and his coconspirator Ghislaine Maxwell.—
Amalia Huot-Marchand,
The Hill,
25 July 2025
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Hecker’s questions probed the extent of Joseph’s diligence when conducting interviews of the coconspirators.—
Evan Mealins,
The Tennessean,
16 July 2025
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“Plotter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plotter. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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