scheme
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Under the scheme, the government will take an equity share in the property, typically to be repaid upon its sale.
From BBC • May 27, 2026
This is still small in the grand scheme of things; the company is expected to generate roughly $46 billion in revenue in 2027.
From Barron's • May 27, 2026
After acquiring several small life-insurance companies, they charged, Lindberg orchestrated a scheme to siphon at least $2 billion from their books to companies he controlled, using a web of loans involving affiliated entities.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
In the end, four of the nonprofit’s top leaders, including Bannon, were arrested on fraud and other charges connected to the fundraising scheme.
From Salon • May 25, 2026
Given the disastrous events of April 1865, Mudd assumed that the Union victory had changed the actor’s plans and the scheme to kidnap the president had been abandoned.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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