as in schemed
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 plotted
In performance and direction, and in the small ways in which Caswell and Wills have plotted out this isolated love story, there’s a level of great richness and detail.
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Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 3 June 2026
Nearly all the tracks are rigorously plotted within the modal grammar of Hindustani classical music.
—Arman Khan, Pitchfork, 1 June 2026
In the lead-up to the 2026 NFL Draft, this same horsepower captivated the Minnesota Vikings, who plotted when and where to select him.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 29 May 2026
President Barack Obama in 2017 commuted López’s prison sentence for his role in the FALN, an organization that in the 1970s and early 1980s plotted bombings, prison escapes and armed robberies in an effort to secure independence for Puerto Rico.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026
The case has been widely reported by China’s heavily state censored media for the gruesome details of how Xu plotted the murder.
—Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
Consultants and clients use data about the climate, finance, social instability, wars, and so on to plan their assets, and using AI, Kurant plotted parameters and visualized these data points.
—Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 24 May 2026
Prosecutors alleged that, with the help of her father, Francisco Gonzalez, and her ex-boyfriend, Kai Faron Cordrey, the TikTok star plotted to kill Avery between 2020 and 2021.
—Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 20 May 2026
In Albany, Jeffries was part of a group of young Black and Latino lawmakers from New York City who played pickup basketball together and plotted legislative strategy over beers at a Bonefish Grill.
—Jason Zengerle, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 3 June 2026
Nearly all the tracks are rigorously plotted within the modal grammar of Hindustani classical music.
—Arman Khan, Pitchfork, 1 June 2026
In the lead-up to the 2026 NFL Draft, this same horsepower captivated the Minnesota Vikings, who plotted when and where to select him.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 29 May 2026
President Barack Obama in 2017 commuted López’s prison sentence for his role in the FALN, an organization that in the 1970s and early 1980s plotted bombings, prison escapes and armed robberies in an effort to secure independence for Puerto Rico.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026
The case has been widely reported by China’s heavily state censored media for the gruesome details of how Xu plotted the murder.
—Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
Consultants and clients use data about the climate, finance, social instability, wars, and so on to plan their assets, and using AI, Kurant plotted parameters and visualized these data points.
—Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 24 May 2026
Prosecutors alleged that, with the help of her father, Francisco Gonzalez, and her ex-boyfriend, Kai Faron Cordrey, the TikTok star plotted to kill Avery between 2020 and 2021.
—Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 20 May 2026
In Albany, Jeffries was part of a group of young Black and Latino lawmakers from New York City who played pickup basketball together and plotted legislative strategy over beers at a Bonefish Grill.
—Jason Zengerle, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plotted
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Wanting to do something special for their milestone 50th wedding anniversary this year, the couple's daughters, Andrea Bodin, 47, and Dayna Ferraro, 44, schemed to throw them an epic surprise party.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
PEOPLE,
29 May 2026
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Their new head coach and offensive play caller is Klint Kubiak, who schemed the Seahawks’ offense to a pair of monstrous performances against the Rams last season.—
Nate Atkins,
New York Times,
14 May 2026
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The program was always planned to become stricter as the years unfolded, to give businesses more time to make the stronger reductions in their emissions.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
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Serna had planned to go out for a celebratory dinner with his girlfriend, her sister and the sister’s boyfriend on the way back to Anaheim from Orange County after the 1975 State meet.—
Scott M. Reid,
Oc Register,
30 May 2026
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“Plotted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plotted. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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