counterplotted

past tense of counterplot

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for counterplotted
Verb
  • But while the first four episodes were well-plotted and sure-footed — building up to episode five’s ambitious Alien remix — the final three have been relatively attenuated.
    Noel Murray, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
  • But as Newsom and his allies plotted how to respond to the Lone Star State, two Bay Area counties had already planned to hold off-cycle elections in November.
    Grace Hase, Mercury News, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Film fans will be intrigued by the silent-era gem Frankenstein, from 1910.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Although Ed may have been intrigued by Jorgensen’s life, this, along with Richard Speck’s role in the series, seems more of a fetishization and misplaced preoccupation in a narrative having nothing to do with transgender people.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • What neither side has devised is an easy offramp to prevent what could become a protracted closure.
    Mary Clare Jalonick, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Prior to Leucippus, earlier scientist-philosophers had devised the concepts of elements as components of reality, and often looked to one component in particular as being the fundamental originator — or arche (ἀρχή) — of all the others.
    Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Many legends who were part of the WNBA’s early years—the league debuted in 1997—have shared stories about how the fledgling brand stuffed star players into narrow feminine molds that sometimes felt contrived.
    Timeka Tounsel, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • None more so than how Conor Coady and Arthur Okonkwo contrived to gift Burrell the third goal from what was effectively an aimless long punt forward.
    Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Lopez received high praise for her performance in Hustlers, portraying a real-life exotic dancer who targeted and schemed Wall Street clientele out of money.
    Jen Juneau, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Jimmy Sharp had filed the suit in December 2022, saying Diederich schemed to put him on a career-killing blacklist after taking over Sharp’s father’s role as head of 20th TV’s head of production earlier that year.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • One year later in 2009, the idea was hatched into the business that now has more than 180 million monthly customers.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2025
  • This is similar to the memorandums of understanding (MOUs) that were hatched between internet companies at the Dotcom bubble top.
    Yun Li, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Deputies Alex Caminero, 38, and James Gregory Gardner, 52, conspired with each other to sneak about six grams of fentanyl into the 5501 College Road facility, the sheriff’s office said.
    David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Desrochers, and other former MPRM leadership, including Defendant Caitlin McGee Swartz, conspired to raid MPRM’s employees and clients while they were still employed by MPRM.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 22 Sep. 2025
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“Counterplotted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterplotted. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.

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