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scheme

[skeem] / skim /




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The scheme has heavy polluters pay for the greenhouse gases they emit, obliging them to buy allowances that are capped in number, sold in auctions and tradeable.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Symonds also criticised Capita's handling of the civil service pension scheme, saying it had "fallen far short of the required standard".

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Philip Wu, a Chicago-based enrolled agent with the IRS who prepares taxes for clients, tells of a client who was victimized by a Ponzi scheme and lost a bundle.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

The cattle empire that turned out to be a giant Ponzi scheme.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

They sat there, three lizards, not very big at all in the scheme of things, the largest in the middle, the two smaller ones on either side, doing their best to make him feel protected.

From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness




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