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machination

[mak-uh-ney-shuhn] / ˌmæk əˈneɪ ʃən /


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Both follow the news obsessively, tracking every machination in the former president’s legal drama.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 17, 2023

All of this happens while victims’ families wait for justice, essentially as observers to the legal machination and maneuvers.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 13, 2023

Another strange Pentagon machination was the proposal Miller floated in mid-December to separate the code-breaking National Security Agency from U.S.

From Washington Post • Dec. 26, 2020

It seems more dedicated to machination than to meditation, more focused on struggle than on serenity.

From New York Times • Jul. 16, 2015

Mrs. Headway preferred to see herself in an element of ingenious machination, where everything that happened referred to her and was aimed at her. 

From Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales by James, Henry




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