scheme

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The scheme started after the EU's Common Agricultural Policy began calculating subsidies based on land instead of livestock in 2014.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

It is, in other words, completely meaningless in the grand scheme of things.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

The Trump administration is preparing to overhaul its tariff scheme for steel and aluminum, The Wall Street Journal reported this week, but the changes aren’t expected to affect imported commodity-grade metals.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Motability says its average drives clock up 7,500 miles a year and Scotland's version of the scheme was still considering the cap.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

Penelope frowned, for this indeed was the last and deepest mole hole in her scheme, and the one in which she feared they were most likely to step and twist an ankle, so to speak.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood