conspiratorial

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Recent Examples of conspiratorial The original film not only established the star’s action chops, but also set into motion an entire conspiratorial mythology from which the franchise continues to feed. Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Sep. 2025 At a time when social isolation, information silos and the deliberate propagation of misinformation in the real world are fueling widespread and dangerous conspiratorial beliefs and real acts of violence, a story like this, with characters like these, seems frighteningly plausible. Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2025 Some weren’t convinced that Swift’s engagement to a man actually meant that the singer was straight, seemingly willing to keep the conspiratorial flame burning. Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025 The film has also been a magnet for conspiratorial chatter, with viewers and critics alike theorizing about the reasons for its box-office success. Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for conspiratorial
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conspiratorial
Adjective
  • What’s being communicated in this clandestine network of underground messaging?
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
  • There’s a lead character’s creeping paranoia, a plot driven by nefarious and clandestine powers that be, the encroachment of the past on the present.
    Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • This model protects against allergens like pollen and pet dander, smoke, dust, and does it all from a place of covert, inoffensive design.
    Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The detectives’ new case takes them to a remote Arctic research station, where a member of a covert British special forces mission has been shot dead.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The notion of a man of Ballmer’s wealth — $153 billion; most in professional sports and top 10 on the planet — being able to procure and retain elite talent through surreptitious ways is the worst nightmare for fans of the league’s other 29 teams.
    Sam Amick, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
  • When one fan posted a surreptitious photo of Sudeikis and Hunt hanging out at a bar, commenters warned them to not share the location.
    Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • What is left of Bob’s old revolutionary group, the French 75, has gone to ground, sending furtive signals out into the universe now and again but otherwise lying dormant.
    Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Silver might be comforted by the fact that even many liberals who had fled for Bluesky seem to be embracing X-ism once more, creeping back onto the platform with a certain furtive guilt.
    Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2025

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“Conspiratorial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conspiratorial. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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