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machinated

verb

past tense of machinate
1
as in plotted
to engage in a secret plan to accomplish evil or unlawful ends a trio of courtiers who were discovered to be machinating against the queen

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2
as in negotiated
to plan out usually with subtle skill or care the hackers machinated a way to steal credit numbers from the company's Web site

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for machinated
  1. plotted
  2. negotiated
  3. engineered
  4. manipulated
  5. arranged
  6. contrived
Verb
  • During the Hugging Face breach, OpenAI agents autonomously plotted a digital heist that went undetected for more than a week, intensifying concerns OpenAI is sacrificing safety to push the AI frontier.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Emily’s misguided research ultimately proves that love stories can’t be plotted and graphed like science experiments; more modern studio romantic comedies could stand to learn the same lesson.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of plotted
Verb
  • But there was this other documentary series filming there that had negotiated for exclusive rights to film at Burning Man for, like, two or three years.
    — Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
  • But this is the second consecutive offseason Duren has negotiated for a new deal, and those attempts, thus far, have proven futile.
    — Hunter Patterson, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of negotiated
Verb
  • The drop-protection phone case was engineered to offer up to 16ft drop protection, which can come in handy for outdoor phone protection, where the risk of accidental drops is higher.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Windows 11 Pro is engineered to work with your PC — not against it—so your system finally runs like the powerhouse it was built to be.
    — StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of engineered
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  • From fake praise to manipulated photos, AI is reshaping how hotels market themselves and how travelers make booking decisions.
    — Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Apple is also adding support for Google's metadata standard, SynthID, for broader AI image identification, so you can be warned when a picture was manipulated or generated with AI.
    — Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of manipulated
Verb
  • Dogan deliberately arranged for Salah’s medical to take place in the metropolis of Istanbul, over 500 miles (nearly 900km) from Trabzon, so the Egyptian could see how frenzied the welcome would be.
    — Nick Miller, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • On Sunday, the Lime Rock Concours and Gathering of the Marques display nearly 1,000 enthusiast cars and motorcycles arranged around the Lime Rock circuit.
    — Mark Maglio, Hartford Courant, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of arranged
Verb
  • Prosecutors say the former labor and delivery nurse planned the killings and contrived to get her husband out of the house by sending him to pick up medicine for one of their children and dinner for the family.
    — Michael Casey, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Until, of course, the final game (which was not technically the final)… when Brazil contrived to lose a 1-0 lead, and Uruguay triumphed against all odds.
    — Michael Cox, New York Times, 23 July 2026
Definition of contrived
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