Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for counterplotted
Verb
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To avoid this scenario, Makadia's team plotted the best spots on an asteroid's surface to avoid the keyhole.—
Elizabeth Howell,
Space.com,
10 Sep. 2025 -
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
Verb
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The news, at the time, intrigued the fashion world.—
Fiona Sinclair Scott,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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Hanna When Kirsten Becken first reached out to me about joining the Femxphotographers collective, I was both flattered and intrigued.—
Caterina De Biasio,
Vogue,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Subsequent reports revealed that Bolsonaro and his allies had devised a baroque plot to regain power, which included jailing and possibly murdering their political opponents.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
10 Sep. 2025
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The sum seems devised by the author to test Isabella and find her out.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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His perpetual ease — spontaneous and never contrived — has always held a deep fascination for me and for my creativity.—
Andrea Onate,
Footwear News,
4 Sep. 2025
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Sure, much of the drama and plot feels contrived, but that’s true for many reality-show first seasons.—
Olivia Crandall,
Vulture,
29 Aug. 2025
Verb
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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
Verb
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Increasingly dismayed, Dudek hatched a plan that seemed to embody his mix of good intentions, hubris and melodrama.—
Eli Hager,
ProPublica,
8 Sep. 2025
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Some of these were hatched at the English College, a seminary in the French city of Rheims.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Verstappen Wins His Fifth WDC The combined pace of the McLarens and turmoil at Red Bull conspired to undermine this potential outcome.—
Rob Reed,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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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
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“Counterplotted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterplotted. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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