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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
Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2025
There are also 10 plots in Montparnasse cemetery, home to writers Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir and Susan Sontag, as well as 10 more in Montmartre cemetery, where painter Edgar Degas, author Émile Zola and dancer Vaslav Nijinsky are all buried.
—Jack Guy, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025
Shifts in the sequel’s production timeline meant that some plots and characters had to be scrapped, so they could instead be potentially explored in the third film.
—Yasmeen Hamadeh, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
Weighing Emotional Anchors Readers don’t fall in love with plots.
—Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2025
City did not seek to evade or circumvent it with grand tactical plots.
—Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
There's no indication the two alleged plots were related.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
Saratoga residents can lease plots annually with the possibility of renewal.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
There are 53 burial plots available in the newest section of the grounds, as well as 42 cremation plots in the Rose Garden area.
—Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2025
Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Jacob plots to seduce his employers and gain an advantage from their industry connections, but unwittingly walks into a trap.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2025
The role of the international community as Tanzania plots a new future will also be worth watching.
—Martin K.n Siele, semafor.com, 31 Oct. 2025
The chart below, from Renaissance Macro Research, plots the forward-three-month S & P 500 return for each date, based on decades of market history.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2025
As such, Adam starts to turn Jamie Tanner (David Duchovny) and Nat (Carice Van Houten) against each other and secretly plots to bring down the entire family.
—Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 23 Oct. 2025
Boxing’s heavyweight division could be set for another shift as Oleksandr Usyk plots his return to the ring in 2026.
—Antonio Losada, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
The Shiz University roommates initially clash before forming a friendship, which is tested at the end of the first movie when the Wizard of Oz (Jeff Goldblum), who secretly plots to silence the talking animals of Oz, comes between them.
—Eric Andersson, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
Each balloon’s onboard autonomous system plots how to use the winds at different elevations to reach the locations specified by its WeatherMesh instructions.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
The €25 million (about $27 million) glass-and-stone residence, part coastal hideaway, part statement about where the island’s luxury market is headed, sprawls across three levels on two hillside plots.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2025
There are also 10 plots in Montparnasse cemetery, home to writers Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir and Susan Sontag, as well as 10 more in Montmartre cemetery, where painter Edgar Degas, author Émile Zola and dancer Vaslav Nijinsky are all buried.
—Jack Guy, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025
Shifts in the sequel’s production timeline meant that some plots and characters had to be scrapped, so they could instead be potentially explored in the third film.
—Yasmeen Hamadeh, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
Weighing Emotional Anchors Readers don’t fall in love with plots.
—Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2025
City did not seek to evade or circumvent it with grand tactical plots.
—Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
There's no indication the two alleged plots were related.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
Saratoga residents can lease plots annually with the possibility of renewal.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
There are 53 burial plots available in the newest section of the grounds, as well as 42 cremation plots in the Rose Garden area.
—Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2025
Verb
Douglass’s former North Star co-editor, Martin Delany, who had been admitted to Harvard Medical School but was forced out after white students complained, responded to Dred Scott — and the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 — by writing a novel whose hero escapes bondage and plots an overthrow of slavery.
—Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Jacob plots to seduce his employers and gain an advantage from their industry connections, but unwittingly walks into a trap.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2025
The role of the international community as Tanzania plots a new future will also be worth watching.
—Martin K.n Siele, semafor.com, 31 Oct. 2025
The chart below, from Renaissance Macro Research, plots the forward-three-month S & P 500 return for each date, based on decades of market history.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2025
As such, Adam starts to turn Jamie Tanner (David Duchovny) and Nat (Carice Van Houten) against each other and secretly plots to bring down the entire family.
—Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 23 Oct. 2025
Boxing’s heavyweight division could be set for another shift as Oleksandr Usyk plots his return to the ring in 2026.
—Antonio Losada, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
The Shiz University roommates initially clash before forming a friendship, which is tested at the end of the first movie when the Wizard of Oz (Jeff Goldblum), who secretly plots to silence the talking animals of Oz, comes between them.
—Eric Andersson, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
Each balloon’s onboard autonomous system plots how to use the winds at different elevations to reach the locations specified by its WeatherMesh instructions.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plots
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The new season finds the Shazam moving company battling corporate giant Zenithon Logistics, while Everett (Jae) drags the team through increasingly desperate schemes such as insurance scams, bogus grant applications and a basement AirBnb conversion gone wrong.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
6 Nov. 2025
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The company now has a consumer alert on its website warning visitors of such schemes.—
Emily Lorsch,
NBC news,
6 Nov. 2025
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The fact that both these sports use rounded playing fields that are similar in size to an athletics track makes the transition easier, Coulson said.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
7 Jan. 2026
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Members will also have access to a spa, hiking, biking, fishing, clubhouse, fitness center, kids adventure center, family water park, outdoor sports fields and other amenities.—
Fousia Abdullahi,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Jan. 2026
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Instead of pursuing chances to pitch reboots of Hollywood’s most beloved properties, scraping the bottom of the barrel might afford you more opportunities to make films that truly feel your own.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
7 Nov. 2025
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Turmeric gets its anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties from a natural compound, or polyphenol, called curcumin.—
Gillian Mohney,
Verywell Health,
7 Nov. 2025
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Partners have no control over or input into the reporting or editing process and do not review stories before publication.—
Data Skrive,
New York Times,
8 Jan. 2026
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Below, Dyens and Miailhe speak to Deadline about the importance of unearthing human stories amid the tragedy of the World War II era.—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
7 Jan. 2026
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But other influencers are using the war as an opportunity to peddle antisemitic conspiracies.—
Geoff Brumfiel,
NPR,
7 Nov. 2025
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Theories about this abound—all have their evidentiary shortcomings—but Greenblatt agrees with a common one that sees Marlowe traveling to France and uncovering Catholic conspiracies against the Crown.—
Isaac Butler,
The Atlantic,
3 Nov. 2025
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The new exhibition displays tracts and calendars from across cultures and ages.—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Jan. 2026
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Vast tracts of land upon West Antarctic islands would then open up to growth of mossy ground cover and coastal vegetation that would turn Antarctica more green than its current icy white.—
Keiji Horikawa,
The Conversation,
22 Dec. 2025
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In some cases, actions of the British armed forces have been described as unjustified.—
Eduardo Tansley,
New York Times,
8 Nov. 2025
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Majumdar lavishes her characters with careful attention, and so the reader comes to regard their most troubling actions as justified, if not inevitable.—
Tope Folarin,
The Atlantic,
8 Nov. 2025
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DeFoor was set to appear in federal court later Tuesday on federal charges of damaging government property, engaging in physical violence against any person or property in a restricted building or grounds, and assaulting, resisting or impeding federal officers.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
6 Jan. 2026
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DeFoor also faces federal charges of damaging government property, engaging in physical violence against any person or property in a restricted building or grounds, and assaulting, resisting or impeding federal officers.—
Quinlan Bentley,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Plots.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plots. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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