schemer

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Recent Examples of schemer Josh Safdie and Ronald Bronstein’s latest collaboration is a spiritual sequel to their 2019 masterpiece, once again putting an undeniably charming schemer through a nightmarish gauntlet of trials and tribulations to chase an impossible dream. Anastasia Sanger, Glamour, 22 Dec. 2025 In various shadows of the things that have been, Chris Hoch plays young Ebenezer’s father as an abusive drunk, a schemer who saddled the family with debt. Sara Holdren, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025 His second administration isn't a story about how dirty trails all lead up to one grand schemer, but rather that there’s no scheme at all. Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025 Taylor Momsen, who played the social-climbing schemer across the first four seasons of the teen drama, recently divulged the details of her abrupt exit from the show. Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for schemer
Noun
  • Travel and shipping records showed that the co-conspirators would facilitate a shipment to Haiti shortly after purchasing a large number of firearms, then would travel to Haiti around the time the shipment was scheduled to arrive in Haiti.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2026
  • The other co-conspirators were doing this for his benefit.
    Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Thompson is perfectly paired with Wilson, an actor who can go from disheveled wallflower to calculating plotter to deer-in-the-headlights comic fighter with a widening of the eye or twisting of the lips.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The plotters received extensive aid from the U.S., where plans were also drawn up to provide military support should the upheaval devolve into a civil war.
    Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Hemphill spoke alongside former Capitol police officer Winston Pingeon, who described being punched in the face, pepper sprayed, and called a traitor by the rioters.
    Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 7 Jan. 2026
  • The J6ers were not insurrectionists, traitors, and miscreants but patriots, heroes, and innocents.
    Jamie Thompson, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Trump last week directed Attorney General Pam Bondi to request the release of grand jury testimonies from Epstein and his coconspirator Ghislaine Maxwell.
    Amalia Huot-Marchand, The Hill, 25 July 2025
  • Hecker’s questions probed the extent of Joseph’s diligence when conducting interviews of the coconspirators.
    Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 16 July 2025

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“Schemer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schemer. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.

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