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scheme

[skeem] / skim /




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The scheme, by Wareham-based Butterfly Conservation and partners, has gathered more than 44 million records over a half-century of volunteer surveys.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

That such an achievement is, in the grand scheme of things, meaningless does not deter the dedicated player.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

The local labour MP said he was concerned that Morgan apparently did not want the jobs promised by the scheme.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Among the new measures announced by the government is a new "patient power payment" scheme.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

In short, the Quaker petition for an end of the slave trade was really a stalking horse for a more radical and thoroughgoing scheme to end the institution of slavery itself.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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