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Recent Examples of conspiratorial
As evidence seems to implicate Russian agents in the attack, Mullen grows obsessed with a leftist hacktivist collective, a provocateur talk show host (Dan Stevens) who fans the conspiratorial flames and an extremist tech billionaire (Gaby Hoffman) who would be happy to tear the whole system down.
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Chris Vognar, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
In the cinema, headphones obviously weren’t required because film automatically brings us into a conspiratorial intimacy.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Between the lines: Republicans haven't always held such negative or conspiratorial views of foreign aid.
—Zachary Basu, Axios, 7 Feb. 2025
Service here is thoughtful and conspiratorial — none of the too-cool energy that seems to pervade speakeasies in other European cities.
—Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 28 Jan. 2025
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Chris Vognar, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
In the cinema, headphones obviously weren’t required because film automatically brings us into a conspiratorial intimacy.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Between the lines: Republicans haven't always held such negative or conspiratorial views of foreign aid.
—Zachary Basu, Axios, 7 Feb. 2025
Service here is thoughtful and conspiratorial — none of the too-cool energy that seems to pervade speakeasies in other European cities.
—Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 28 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conspiratorial
Adjective
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He was allegedly held in a clandestine detention site and tortured by intelligence agents.—
Antonio Maria Delgado,
Miami Herald,
30 Apr. 2025
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Guests can order craft cocktails at the circular bar, and for those who indulge, there’s a small, clandestine cigar room just off the entrance.—
John Wogan,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The covert intervention in Chile is perhaps the best example.—
Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
1 May 2025
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An upper bedroom has a bookcase and covert panels leading to a secret room — a delight for imaginative young minds.—
Mike Klingaman,
Baltimore Sun,
30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Reporters from around the country followed the case, which marked the first time ever that prosecutors would play for a jury a surreptitious FBI recording of mob soldiers taking the oath of omerta during a mafia initiation ceremony.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
21 Apr. 2025
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For example: In 2003, a group of Providence, Rhode Island, artists embarked on a project combining installation art and surreptitious living arrangements.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Apr. 2025
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Asked by the newspaper’s lawyers to explain how the furtive system worked, Mr. Frankel typed up a 14-page memo.—
David W. Dunlap,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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Several of these involve a furtive religious cult known as the Scars — its adherents have a way of pussyfooting through the forest and doing absolutely horrible things to nonbelievers.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
12 Apr. 2025
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“Conspiratorial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conspiratorial. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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