schemer

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Recent Examples of schemer 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 The show’s version — younger, weaker, more emotional, and much more easily swayed by Skellen, an obvious schemer — isn’t nearly as compelling. Scott Meslow, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for schemer
Noun
  • Clase, 27, is also accused of receiving kickbacks from the conspirators and violating MLB rules by using his cell phone during games to coordinate with bettors.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Jennifer and her three surviving co-conspirators were granted an appeal for their first-degree murder charges in May 2023.
    Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 9 Nov. 2025
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
  • When an anarchist frames one of them for treason, another is determined to track down a traitor.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 2 Nov. 2025
  • The competition show takes place in Scotland and has cast members divided into two groups, traitors and faithfuls, and the faithfuls try to vote off the traitors to win a cash prize.
    Jenni Fink, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
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 18 Nov. 2025.

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