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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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And, of course, Amherst had freed Black people, and I was told that there were Black people who were working for the family outside of the house, in the fields and gardens.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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Sixty leading experts from a range of fields, including medicine, public health, criminology, law and the technology sector, convened earlier this year to create an action plan to address the problem.—
NPR,
NPR,
3 Nov. 2025
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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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The event will feature stories from veterans and their families, patriotic music and updates from groups serving local veterans, such as the nonprofit Honor Flight and Patriot Guard.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 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,
5 Nov. 2025
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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
Noun
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Some markets operate on a Texas scale – huge industrial parks, massive logistics hubs and sprawling development tracts.—
Allen Buchanan,
Oc Register,
25 Oct. 2025
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Under the 1922 Salomón–Lozano Treaty, Colombia ceded large tracts of Andean territory to Peru, while gaining the city of Leticia — which sits directly across the river from Santa Rosa — and its crucial access to the Amazon River.—
Isa Cardona,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
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Anything can impact a president's rating, such as legislation passed, actions and elections.—
Laura Daniella Sepulveda,
AZCentral.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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Cargill explained her actions following a commercial break.—
Fernando Quiles Jr,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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When two parties are aware of a major issue that diminishes an asset and do not inform the third party of that asset, that’s strong grounds for a lawsuit.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
3 Nov. 2025
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The neighborhood’s first hotel, Bay View Inn, once sat on the park’s grounds, but today visitors will find plenty of opportunities for recreation across its nine acres, and a boardwalk that overlooks Biscayne Bay.—
Susan B. Barnes,
Southern Living,
1 Nov. 2025
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“Plots.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plots. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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