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as in plotted
to engage in a secret plan to accomplish evil or unlawful ends
conspired to replace the leader with someone more easily influenced
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as in collaborated
to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end
foul weather and airline foul-ups seemed to be conspiring to ruin our vacation
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Recent Examples of conspired
Verstappen Wins His Fifth WDC The combined pace of the McLarens and turmoil at Red Bull conspired to undermine this potential outcome.
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Rob Reed, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The duo were found to have conspired to defraud banks out of more than $30M over the course of a decade.
—Peter White, Deadline, 1 Sep. 2025
Instead, Warren, who was involved with another woman and facing severe financial hardship, conspired with 20-year-old Robert Ervin and 22-year-old Lamar Morris Suggs to kill Kinamore, prosecutors said.
—David Ferrara, The Enquirer, 29 Aug. 2025
Kim allegedly also conspired with Yoon to receive 270 million won worth of opinion polls data for free from around June 2021 to around March 2022, according to the authorities.
—Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2025
As discussed, this level of abundant oxygen is a very late feature on the surface of our planet, appearing only in the age of animals, once tectonics and life conspired to bury enough carbon in the crust below.
—Peter Brannen, Big Think, 28 Aug. 2025
The complaint said Apple and OpenAI conspired to suppress xAI’s products, including on the Apple App Store.
—CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2025
Lewis-Martin and the city's deputy commissioner for real estate services, Jesse Hamilton, are alleged in the third indictment to have conspired to fast-track development projects in exchange for renovations on their homes.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2025
Some of the unethical behavior Michaels is alleged to have conspired on with producers included restricting contestants' calorie intakes to dangerous levels, administering caffeine pills, and withholding both medical treatment and medications from some contestants.
—Ryan Coleman Published, EW.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Rob Reed, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The duo were found to have conspired to defraud banks out of more than $30M over the course of a decade.
—Peter White, Deadline, 1 Sep. 2025
Instead, Warren, who was involved with another woman and facing severe financial hardship, conspired with 20-year-old Robert Ervin and 22-year-old Lamar Morris Suggs to kill Kinamore, prosecutors said.
—David Ferrara, The Enquirer, 29 Aug. 2025
Kim allegedly also conspired with Yoon to receive 270 million won worth of opinion polls data for free from around June 2021 to around March 2022, according to the authorities.
—Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2025
As discussed, this level of abundant oxygen is a very late feature on the surface of our planet, appearing only in the age of animals, once tectonics and life conspired to bury enough carbon in the crust below.
—Peter Brannen, Big Think, 28 Aug. 2025
The complaint said Apple and OpenAI conspired to suppress xAI’s products, including on the Apple App Store.
—CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2025
Lewis-Martin and the city's deputy commissioner for real estate services, Jesse Hamilton, are alleged in the third indictment to have conspired to fast-track development projects in exchange for renovations on their homes.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2025
Some of the unethical behavior Michaels is alleged to have conspired on with producers included restricting contestants' calorie intakes to dangerous levels, administering caffeine pills, and withholding both medical treatment and medications from some contestants.
—Ryan Coleman Published, EW.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conspired
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For one, Leonard signed a max contract—unlike with Smith and the Timberwolves, there’s no claim Leonard and the Clippers plotted a scheme where he’d be paid less in the short term in exchange for being paid more later.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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This was a far cry from a year ago, when Muchová and Osaka played each other in the second round and Muchová plotted Osaka’s movements around the court for her, opening up space, then using her touch to drop the ball into it.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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On another project, Dutch audiovisual experts collaborated with French-only contractors, a mix that required not just translation, but diplomacy and improvisation.—
Nathanael Bondu,
Rolling Stone,
5 Sep. 2025
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To overcome this, the University of Twente team collaborated with researchers and medical professionals from Radboud University Medical Center and the University of Waterloo (Canada).—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Sep. 2025
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Jones’ limitations aren’t going away, but his can be schemed around, which was less the case with Richardson.—
Mike Sando,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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This is the second time Do and his daughter have been sued by one of the organizations with which he is said to have schemed.—
Michael Slaten,
Oc Register,
4 Sep. 2025
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Still, unwinding this system was difficult in part because two neighboring districts, the Pulaski County Special School District and the North Little Rock School District, cooperated with one another to ensure their districts would remain majority white.—
Time,
Time,
4 Sep. 2025
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Attorneys for Lee and Benson had argued the prosecution’s case was built largely on the testimony of other Wicked Town members who cooperated with authorities in order to get a break in their own cases.—
Jason Meisner,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Sep. 2025
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The scams are so prevalent that more than 150 utilities have united to fight them.—
Frank Witsil,
Freep.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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Three South Shore communities have united in opposition to removing I-794.—
JR Radcliffe,
jsonline.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Conspired.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conspired. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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