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scheme

[skeem] / skim /




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But these are exactly the kind of people who would have the strongest claim of standing to challenge the whole scheme.

From Slate • May 22, 2026

In March, the government relaunched its digital ID plans as a voluntary scheme, pitching the app as a way to make life easier for people using public services.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

Turns out, it was all part of an elaborate fraud scheme that prosecutors say ignored Medicare’s rules for Botox coverage and brazenly fabricated medical records, all to fund the doctor’s lavish lifestyle.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

Arsenal pounded the ball into the penalty area, ran a complex scheme of blocks, jersey pulls, and dummy runs, and invariably, someone tall would pop up to head the ball in.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

But all that was required to abolish this conceptual scheme was an insistence on direct as opposed to indirect experience.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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