scheme
Example Sentences
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At the moment, this scheme has been tempered by factors he didn’t reckon on.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
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
But in the grand scheme of things, they’re modest.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
In Washington’s deceptive scheme, Hercules had been one of those sent back and forth to Mount Vernon from time to time.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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