schemed (out)

verb

past tense of scheme (out)
as in planned
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for schemed (out)
  1. planned
  2. designed
  3. prepared
  4. organized
  5. arranged
  6. calculated
  7. plotted
Verb
  • The right to demonstrate is protected by the French Constitution, and bans on demonstrations planned for Thursday in Paris, Lyon, Lille and Grenoble were seen by some as an infringement on French people's right to protest.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026
  • French President Emmanuel Macron said protests not organized by trade unions would be banned, as the Élysée braces for further unrest ahead of demonstrations planned for Saturday.
    — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of planned
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  • Lockheed Martin designed the technology to support PAC-3 operations as battlefield conditions and threat directions change.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026
  • In Abu Dhabi, water security has been designed as part of the same system as energy security.
    — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of designed
Verb
  • The Louvre, Musée d'Orsay, Picasso Museum and Grand Palais were all shuttered Saturday as French officials prepared for another weekend of potentially violent demonstrations, according to The Associated Press (AP).
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The university has not responded to CNN’s questions about why the full transcript of Jane Doe’s police interview, which included Doe’s explicit rape accusation, was not included in the statement prepared by police for the DA.
    — Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of prepared
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  • The group has organized several listening events, at venues from the Museum of Old and New Art in Tasmania to the Angel Orensanz Center, housed in a 175-year-old former synagogue in New York.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
  • XPeng shared footage of the test on October 23, following a drive organized by Chinese automotive platform BitAuto, also known as Yiche.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of organized
Verb
  • Detours and shortcuts in the brain The cells and synapses of the brain aren’t arranged in rigid, linear paths for each task and experience.
    — Sean Mccabe, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Desperate for actual contact with Holmes, Fielder has arranged to meet her briefly at the prison before Evans shows up.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of arranged
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  • Miller’s calculated the percentage chance that all 35 seats in play will go blue or red virtually in real time.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
  • But underneath what seems promising, the beginnings of empathy and maybe healing, there’s something performative and calculated in this fast bond.
    — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of calculated
Verb
  • Most importantly, no more need for gas nor the treasonous chicanery plotted by the president and an enemy.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • An Arizona man who allegedly plotted a mass casualty attack on a Jewish or Muslim house of worship is being accused by prosecutors of possessing an infamous bomb-making manual linked to the Oklahoma City bomber.
    — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of plotted
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