as in schemes
a secret plan for accomplishing evil or unlawful ends
incredibly complicated machinations to assassinate the president that inevitably failed
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At the Chandler rally, one of her fans told me that deep-state machinations must have been to blame for the result.
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Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2024
Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Machinations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/machinations. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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