COUNTER-CONSPIRACIES Synonyms: 33 Similar Words

counterconspiracies

noun

variants or counter-conspiracies

plural of counterconspiracy

as in counterplots

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Noun

And the recording that exposed their machinations ultimately destroyed the type of ethnic politicking that made the careers of too many self-serving power grabbers, including this quartet.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
The safety and dignity of more than two million civilians cannot continue to be held hostage to the decisions of Hamas, much less the machinations of internal Israeli politics.

— KHALED ELGINDY, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of machinations

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However, work stalled at the 60th floor and was paused for several years, with multiple reports naming palace intrigues and purges by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as the cause for the delay.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 8 Oct. 2026
The series has always moved at a deliberate pace, allowing the characters’ social battles and romantic intrigues to simmer.

— Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of intrigues

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For private schemes, the requirements include publicly available criteria, independent monitoring of compliance and procedures to withdraw or suspend a label when requirements are breached.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026
The sentiment was that Hampton, an extremely talented back, would be paired with one of the best run-game schemes in football.

— Sam Jane, Denver Post, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of schemes

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Prosecutors describe the drug trafficking and torture conspiracies as interconnected, asserting that proceeds from corruption and narcotics trafficking helped Maduro and Flores maintain the loyalty of officials who enforced their rule.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2026
That’s largely because of greater politicization around the election process — and who is in charge of it — in an era of conspiracies and disinformation.

— Robert Tann, Denver Post, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of conspiracies

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There’s no winking at the audience, no sense of camp or parody, just a lot of appealing interactions, plus some wholly superfluous tertiary plots added to expand the story to series length.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
Unsheltered intertwined two plots related to the precarity of American life and the danger of demagogues—one set at the dawn of the MAGA era.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of plots

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Commercial designs would more likely control groups of cells to reduce hardware complexity and cost.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
To help textile mills assess the impact of their headers, Fabscrap also developed a Smart Swatch Scorecard, which assigns header designs a grade, based on the number of components and the relative ease of disassembling them.

— Bella Webb, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2026

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