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as in schemes
a secret plan for accomplishing evil or unlawful ends
the Secret Service uncovered just in time a plot to assassinate the President
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as in properties
a small piece of land that is developed or available for development
subdivided the old farm into plots for tract houses
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as in plans
to engage in a secret plan to accomplish evil or unlawful ends
mobsters were caught plotting to take over the company
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Recent Examples of plots
David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 18 May 2026
Cinematographer Mátyás Erdély’s gaslamp wash makes the whole thing visually alluring, but the story up to this point is one of malformed double entendres, as Moulin and his cohorts react to more important plots unfolding elsewhere in the war.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 17 May 2026
Awareness of risk from terror plots is high in the city after a 21-year-old Austrian man accused of pledging allegiance to the Islamic State group pleaded guilty to plotting to attack a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna in 2024.
—ABC News, 14 May 2026
Prosecutors said Chkhikvishvili led the Maniac Murder Cult and orchestrated plots including recruiting someone to pose as Santa Claus and poison minority children.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
The commercial corridor is made up of 25 parcels, 19 different owners and multiple undeveloped plots of land.
—Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 14 May 2026
Chkhikvishvili, a citizen of the nation of Georgia, was busted in July 2024 for trying to recruit someone, who turned out to be an undercover fed, into taking part in murder, bombing and arson plots.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 13 May 2026
The city has been taking applications, and those who have been assigned plots must pay $50 a year for the smaller spaces and $100 for the larger.
—Heather McRea, Oc Register, 13 May 2026
In the past decade, the exaggerated plots and ridiculous characters on fictional shows like House of Cards, Veep and The Boys seem to predict what real-life politicians do months after the episodes are written.
—Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2026
Michael Santoli, CNBC, 19 May 2026
While the story is fundamentally the same as the original production — man discovers wife is having an affair, man then plots for his wife’s murder, man then must evade the cops — Hatcher brings the story to the 21st century in many ways.
—Amy Reyes
may 14, Miami Herald, 14 May 2026
Much of this underseen indie mockumentary, which starred Seymour Cassel as a slippery film producer who plots to hype an unknown schlub (Francesco Quinn) into the toast of the Cannes Film Festival, was also shot on location, guerrilla-style, this time during the 1995 festivities.
—Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
Killen strategically plots it out and gives us memorable supporting characters — Alice Braga as Creasy’s helper and driver, Scoot McNairy (great as usual) as a CIA field agent.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 7 May 2026
In Part 2 the factional fighting at court is increased rather than lessened by the arrival of Margaret of Anjou, the new queen, who—together with her lover, the duke of Suffolk—plots against Humphrey, duke of Gloucester, and his ambitious duchess, Eleanor.
—Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026
Robert Pattinson also enters the franchise as the villain Scytale, who plots to end Paul's rule over the universe.
—Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 15 Apr. 2026
Alexandre Dumas’s novel of identity and revenge gets a big-budget remake with Sam Claflin starring as Edmond Dantès, a sailor wrongly imprisoned in an island fortress who, after his escape and subsequent treasure finding, plots his vengeance.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
As Helen plots revenge and Madeline clings to her rapidly fading star, their world is suddenly turned upside down by Viola Van Horn, a mysterious woman with a secret that's to die for.
—Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026
Noun
There’s a long lineage of revenge plots in fiction and drama and film, of course.
—David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 18 May 2026
Cinematographer Mátyás Erdély’s gaslamp wash makes the whole thing visually alluring, but the story up to this point is one of malformed double entendres, as Moulin and his cohorts react to more important plots unfolding elsewhere in the war.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 17 May 2026
Awareness of risk from terror plots is high in the city after a 21-year-old Austrian man accused of pledging allegiance to the Islamic State group pleaded guilty to plotting to attack a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna in 2024.
—ABC News, 14 May 2026
Prosecutors said Chkhikvishvili led the Maniac Murder Cult and orchestrated plots including recruiting someone to pose as Santa Claus and poison minority children.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
The commercial corridor is made up of 25 parcels, 19 different owners and multiple undeveloped plots of land.
—Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 14 May 2026
Chkhikvishvili, a citizen of the nation of Georgia, was busted in July 2024 for trying to recruit someone, who turned out to be an undercover fed, into taking part in murder, bombing and arson plots.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 13 May 2026
The city has been taking applications, and those who have been assigned plots must pay $50 a year for the smaller spaces and $100 for the larger.
—Heather McRea, Oc Register, 13 May 2026
In the past decade, the exaggerated plots and ridiculous characters on fictional shows like House of Cards, Veep and The Boys seem to predict what real-life politicians do months after the episodes are written.
—Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2026
Verb
Goldman here plots the earnings-revisions trend for 2027 among AI-infrastructure plays, energy companies, the overall S & P 500 and the rest of the S & P outside of AI and energy.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 19 May 2026
While the story is fundamentally the same as the original production — man discovers wife is having an affair, man then plots for his wife’s murder, man then must evade the cops — Hatcher brings the story to the 21st century in many ways.
—Amy Reyes
may 14, Miami Herald, 14 May 2026
Much of this underseen indie mockumentary, which starred Seymour Cassel as a slippery film producer who plots to hype an unknown schlub (Francesco Quinn) into the toast of the Cannes Film Festival, was also shot on location, guerrilla-style, this time during the 1995 festivities.
—Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
Killen strategically plots it out and gives us memorable supporting characters — Alice Braga as Creasy’s helper and driver, Scoot McNairy (great as usual) as a CIA field agent.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 7 May 2026
In Part 2 the factional fighting at court is increased rather than lessened by the arrival of Margaret of Anjou, the new queen, who—together with her lover, the duke of Suffolk—plots against Humphrey, duke of Gloucester, and his ambitious duchess, Eleanor.
—Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026
Robert Pattinson also enters the franchise as the villain Scytale, who plots to end Paul's rule over the universe.
—Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 15 Apr. 2026
Alexandre Dumas’s novel of identity and revenge gets a big-budget remake with Sam Claflin starring as Edmond Dantès, a sailor wrongly imprisoned in an island fortress who, after his escape and subsequent treasure finding, plots his vengeance.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
As Helen plots revenge and Madeline clings to her rapidly fading star, their world is suddenly turned upside down by Viola Van Horn, a mysterious woman with a secret that's to die for.
—Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plots
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The most productive college players do not necessarily make the best pros—football is an endlessly interconnected game, with twenty-two players interacting within complicated strategic schemes, and the quality of collegiate competition varies widely.—
Dan Greene,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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The Institute observed that a UBI program did not necessarily cause inflation; delivery system strength is key; an effective communication strategy is essential; the UBI program should fit within existing schemes; and crises shed light on the gaps in social protection systems.—
Carrie Brandon Elliot,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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Persephone, goddess of spring and the fields, became the spouse of Hades, who ruled the underworld.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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In Rick Chipman's fields in Harlan, Iowa, young soy plants are starting to emerge.—
Lana Zak,
CBS News,
17 May 2026
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The family resort chain has more than 20 properties across North America; most are clustered on the East Coast and in the Midwest, though there are a handful out west too.—
Madison Flager,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 May 2026
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But topological abelian groups lack the particular properties that category theorists desire.—
Konstantin Kakaes,
Quanta Magazine,
20 May 2026
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Partners have no control over or input into the reporting or editing process and do not review stories before publication.—
Data Skrive,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
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Superhero stories are copaganda; sitcoms sell middle-class norms.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
17 May 2026
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Wallace is particularly troubled by how quickly hantavirus was incorporated into the COVID-era health conspiracies and the distrust in public health authorities that still thrive in certain online ecosystems.—
Allison Parshall,
Scientific American,
15 May 2026
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In Russia, indulging in such conspiracies is often less an exercise in political prediction than an expression of deeper anxieties that can be otherwise hard to express.—
Joshua Yaffa,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026
Noun
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The funds will also be open to the entire city moving forward, rather than specific census tracts.—
Claire Murphy,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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The analysis of data from nine of the largest Connecticut cities showed that census tracts where the most tows occurred from 2022 to 2024 tended to have larger populations of renters, larger Black and Hispanic populations and much higher rates of poverty than the state as a whole.—
Ginny Monk,
Hartford Courant,
28 Apr. 2026
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At a certain point, fans were so frustrated with Tariq’s actions that Michael was receiving death threats.—
Derek Lawrence,
HollywoodReporter,
17 May 2026
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That has created a public debate between Lisa Demuth and her daughter, Shelisa Demuth, who has criticized her mom's actions on social media.—
Reg Chapman,
CBS News,
17 May 2026
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In recent years, even some advocates of free trade have come around to the idea that certain tariffs can be justified on strategic and national-security grounds, especially when working with an avowedly mercantilist country like China.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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Russia’s largest airport — Moscow’s Sheremetyevo — reported that drone debris had fallen on its grounds without causing damage or affecting flights.—
Samya Kullab,
Los Angeles Times,
17 May 2026
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“Plots.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plots. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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