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Recent Examples of conspiratorial
In the past several years, Edge had filed a string of civil lawsuits with rambling, sometimes conspiratorial claims.
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Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2025
Couldn’t a handful have said Pete Hegseth running the Pentagon is dubious enough, but giving a conspiratorial lunatic power over the Centers for Disease Control is a bridge far too far?
—U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025
Written by Spike Jonze and Halina Reijn, the 30-minute short stars Moore as the mother of Palmer, Page, and a conspiratorial Edward Norton.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
Neither a lengthy period of incarceration nor a pardon will cure people like Meredith of their conspiratorial mind-set, the expert told me.
—Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2025
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Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2025
Couldn’t a handful have said Pete Hegseth running the Pentagon is dubious enough, but giving a conspiratorial lunatic power over the Centers for Disease Control is a bridge far too far?
—U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025
Written by Spike Jonze and Halina Reijn, the 30-minute short stars Moore as the mother of Palmer, Page, and a conspiratorial Edward Norton.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
Neither a lengthy period of incarceration nor a pardon will cure people like Meredith of their conspiratorial mind-set, the expert told me.
—Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conspiratorial
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The evil-doing in question is simple enough, at least for a franchise that has always been built around the existence of a clandestine organization of magicians (The Eye) who love using their skills to take down bad guys and quite literally share the wealth with their eager audiences.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
11 Nov. 2025
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The 16-month plot to bribe Maduro’s chief pilot illustrates how Washington pairs clandestine operations with military power to destabilize the regime while projecting strategic pressure in the region.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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However, his team quickly secured their covert support in the form of money and supplies.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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Trump has authorized the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to carry out covert operations in the country and has left the door firmly open to unspecified land operations.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Haeckel’s Italian trip was part of a surreptitious alternate life plan.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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The Trump administration intensified its scrutiny of Chinese nationals studying at U.S. universities in May following several instances of students allegedly engaging in surreptitious activity, including espionage.—
Rachel Wolf,
FOXNews.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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My feeling is that our vices have become more furtive and alone.—
Dan Brooks,
The Atlantic,
3 Nov. 2025
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October 29, 2025 Fifteen years ago, early experiences with cannabis went something like this: a furtive glance over the shoulder while passing a joint in a parking lot, or a chaotic brownie experiment gone off the rails.—
Kate Bernot,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Conspiratorial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conspiratorial. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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