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schemer

[skee-mer] / ˈski mər /
NOUN
conniver
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Appeared in the March 12, 2026, print edition as 'A Schemer In the Shadows'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

Grant was also known as "muMs the Schemer."

From Fox News • Mar. 26, 2021

Launches Google Is Making Yet Another Social Network With Shoelace Google used to spin up these miniature social networks a lot — remember Schemer?

From The Verge • Jul. 12, 2019

Schemer, climber, manipulator, wielder of high-minded covers for low-minded exploitation, Morf doesn’t do much actual writing.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2019

She finished Rhyme Schemer and then paced her room until he poked his head in.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman




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