as in to plan
to work out the details of (something) in advance
the campaign operatives schemed out a plan for dealing with bombshells about the candidate's past indiscretions
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Smith plans to officially visit the Razorbacks on Sept. 20-22 and Kentucky on Oct. 10-12.—
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Danbury, Bethel, Deep River, East Haven, Groton and Montville either plan to or have completed similar facilities.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
5 Aug. 2025
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Legacy bot controls like robots.txt were designed for a different era.—
Jason Goldberg,
Forbes.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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Planes are specifically designed to withstand even severe turbulence and buckling your seatbelt is the surest way to avoid injury, Gallego Marcos said.—
Renée Rigdon,
CNN Money,
7 Aug. 2025
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Build Career Advisors and Internal Learning Paths Create roles or programs that help employees explore new functions, assess transferable skills and prepare for moves.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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This comforting Tex-Mex soup is a cinch to prepare.—
Jenna Sims,
Southern Living,
7 Aug. 2025
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Small enough to easily fit beneath the airplane seat in front of you, this lightweight laptop backpack is intentionally designed with three roomy pockets to keep your belongings organized and accessible, effectively streamlining the TSA process.—
Merrell Readman,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Aug. 2025
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This effort emerged from the activism on college campuses that produced the creation of groups such as the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), which was formed in 1960 and was known for organizing sit-ins and the Freedom Summer voter outreach project in 1964.—
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7 Aug. 2025
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“Scheme (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scheme%20%28out%29. Accessed 15 Aug. 2025.
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