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as in schemes
a secret plan for accomplishing evil or unlawful ends
the Secret Service uncovered just in time a plot to assassinate the President
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as in properties
a small piece of land that is developed or available for development
subdivided the old farm into plots for tract houses
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as in plans
to engage in a secret plan to accomplish evil or unlawful ends
mobsters were caught plotting to take over the company
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Recent Examples of plots
ABC News, 16 Feb. 2026
The club met regularly, held dances, and provided burial insurance and cemetery plots.
—Dorothy Roberts, Time, 13 Feb. 2026
While the focus remains on the central couple, both characters have relationship side-plots of their own, Bessette with a doorman turned Calvin Klein model (Noah Fearnley) and Kennedy with movie star Daryl Hannah, played by Hemingway.
—Arushi Jacob, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
His parents bought six plots so the family can rest together in the Rapid City cemetery Carter drove by every day to go to baseball practice.
—Kyle Werner, Des Moines Register, 13 Feb. 2026
Rather than having to find their own sales channels, participating farmers working off tiny plots on mountain steppes can sell their corn to the company at a set price for unified processing, before the corn is sold online and to major distributors.
—Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2026
Two years ago, the Summer Games in Paris opened under threats of political sabotage by Russia, fears of Islamist terror plots and the spillover from the Israel-Hamas war.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2026
That is, the hundreds of news clippings that substantiate her plots.
—Jon Wertheim, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
After paparazzi photos helped put the island on the map, Glenconner’s friends flocked to buy plots of land.
—Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 5 Feb. 2026
Michael Santoli, CNBC, 16 Feb. 2026
For cyclists, the Coastal Bike Trail plots out a route to see the city and the harbor on two wheels.
—Carolyn Heller, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
The teacher then plots revenge by secretly staging the most wildly inappropriate musical imaginable to sabotage the principal’s bid for academic glory.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 21 Jan. 2026
Early episodes deploy standard teen drama plots like a prank war (against a competing academy) and a party night (with the same competing academy).
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 15 Jan. 2026
Thus begins a thorny relationship in which Jules plots vengeance, though their dynamic soon takes a fascinating turn.
—Ilana Gordon, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Dec. 2025
Bad Santa follows an alcoholic scammer named Willie (Thornton) who poses as a mall Santa and plots to rob the stores on Christmas Eve with his sidekick, Marcus (Tony Cox).
—Lydia Price, PEOPLE, 23 Dec. 2025
These include Blood on Snow, in which a hit-man falls in love with his client’s wife—who also happens to be his latest target—and Just Play Dead, a tense thriller about a criminal trying to fake his own death for insurance money while his wife plots to kill him for real.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
Moreover, disgusted and enraged at his inability to bring Isabelle to heel, Gercourt plots her ruin.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 13 Nov. 2025
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Medinsky has written several history books that focus on exposing purported Western plots against Russia and denigrate Ukraine.
—ABC News, 16 Feb. 2026
The club met regularly, held dances, and provided burial insurance and cemetery plots.
—Dorothy Roberts, Time, 13 Feb. 2026
While the focus remains on the central couple, both characters have relationship side-plots of their own, Bessette with a doorman turned Calvin Klein model (Noah Fearnley) and Kennedy with movie star Daryl Hannah, played by Hemingway.
—Arushi Jacob, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
His parents bought six plots so the family can rest together in the Rapid City cemetery Carter drove by every day to go to baseball practice.
—Kyle Werner, Des Moines Register, 13 Feb. 2026
Rather than having to find their own sales channels, participating farmers working off tiny plots on mountain steppes can sell their corn to the company at a set price for unified processing, before the corn is sold online and to major distributors.
—Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2026
Two years ago, the Summer Games in Paris opened under threats of political sabotage by Russia, fears of Islamist terror plots and the spillover from the Israel-Hamas war.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2026
That is, the hundreds of news clippings that substantiate her plots.
—Jon Wertheim, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
After paparazzi photos helped put the island on the map, Glenconner’s friends flocked to buy plots of land.
—Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 5 Feb. 2026
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Goldman Sachs here plots the relative valuation of asset-light over asset-heavy companies, compressing toward zero.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 16 Feb. 2026
For cyclists, the Coastal Bike Trail plots out a route to see the city and the harbor on two wheels.
—Carolyn Heller, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
The teacher then plots revenge by secretly staging the most wildly inappropriate musical imaginable to sabotage the principal’s bid for academic glory.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 21 Jan. 2026
Early episodes deploy standard teen drama plots like a prank war (against a competing academy) and a party night (with the same competing academy).
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 15 Jan. 2026
Thus begins a thorny relationship in which Jules plots vengeance, though their dynamic soon takes a fascinating turn.
—Ilana Gordon, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Dec. 2025
Bad Santa follows an alcoholic scammer named Willie (Thornton) who poses as a mall Santa and plots to rob the stores on Christmas Eve with his sidekick, Marcus (Tony Cox).
—Lydia Price, PEOPLE, 23 Dec. 2025
These include Blood on Snow, in which a hit-man falls in love with his client’s wife—who also happens to be his latest target—and Just Play Dead, a tense thriller about a criminal trying to fake his own death for insurance money while his wife plots to kill him for real.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
Moreover, disgusted and enraged at his inability to bring Isabelle to heel, Gercourt plots her ruin.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 13 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plots
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The new era During the crypto boom of 2021, entrepreneurs put forth lofty schemes to remake the internet with decentralized plumbing.—
Leo Schwartz,
Fortune,
17 Feb. 2026
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Classical bit commitment schemes are essential building blocks for all sorts of other methods in cryptography.—
Ben Brubaker,
Quanta Magazine,
17 Feb. 2026
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Wildlife agencies have long used remote cameras to gather evidence in the forests and fields.—
Bryan Hendricks,
Arkansas Online,
15 Feb. 2026
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Dual moguls sees two skiers racing side by side down the course featuring two jumps and fields of bumps, known as moguls.—
Sean Nevin,
NBC news,
15 Feb. 2026
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In Downtown, people are now living in greater fear—poverty and desperation, as well as substance dependence and worsening mental health, have driven up interpersonal conflict in the neighborhood and depressed home values, leaving more properties and lots vacant or derelict.—
Emily Galvin Almanza,
Literary Hub,
18 Feb. 2026
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Stephanie McHugh, a New London tenant union member, said out-of-state landlords especially are buying up properties and raising rents or evicting existing tenants.—
Ginny Monk,
Hartford Courant,
18 Feb. 2026
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The jury winners this year hail from Mexico, India, Belgium, Japan, France, Italy and Germany, and their stories are set in scenic locales from Malaysia to Minneapolis.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
14 Feb. 2026
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This is an edition of The Wonder Reader, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a set of stories to spark your curiosity and fill you with delight.—
Rafaela Jinich,
The Atlantic,
14 Feb. 2026
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Even if few of the wildest conspiracies found material support, his cultural imprint grew only larger.—
Dan Adler,
Vanity Fair,
14 Feb. 2026
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Kennedy has made no bones about his misplaced skepticism of mRNA vaccines, pinging off the proliferating conspiracies around the COVID vaccines — incredible innovations that saved countless lives during one of the worst global catastrophes in recent memory.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
13 Feb. 2026
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And with large tracts of government land outside town, there's plenty of room for more camps.—
Michael Ruiz , Adriana James-Rodil,
FOXNews.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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Since 2007, the Land Report has tracked this more-is-better attitude through its annual ranking of America’s biggest landowners, with the surge in hoovering up vast tracts suggesting the country is entering a new era of mega-landownership.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
10 Feb. 2026
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Jackson County alerted local schools to continue monitoring the issue, but law enforcement did not have probable cause to arrest or take other actions, according to the statement.—
Eric Levenson,
CNN Money,
16 Feb. 2026
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Last Thursday, the league issued a $500,000 fine to the Utah Jazz and a $100,000 penalty to the Indiana Pacers for sitting healthy players, believing their apparent tanking actions compromised the league's competitive integrity.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
15 Feb. 2026
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Fresh coffee grounds can help absorb unwanted odors.—
Stacey Lastoe,
Southern Living,
15 Feb. 2026
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The federal investigators encountered puddles of crude oil on the facility grounds, as well as caustic fumes emanating from the facility, resulting in violations for air quality and other environmental infractions.—
Tony Briscoe,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Plots.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plots. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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