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scheme

[skeem] / skim /




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"My take is the Right to Buy scheme was a good policy with a big limitation," he says.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

I put that criticism to Lord Heseltine, asking him whether the scheme has failed because some ex-council homes are now effectively being rented back to the state, at higher costs.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

Sir Keir Starmer's government restricted the scheme, including by heavily reducing the maximum discount that councils were allowed to give tenants.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

In 2025, Phillips's daughter, Hollie, called for government action to ensure the scheme was implemented properly.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

In short, the Quaker petition for an end of the slave trade was really a stalking horse for a more radical and thoroughgoing scheme to end the institution of slavery itself.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

According to the researchers, these values fall within the standard thresholds used in quantum error correction schemes, which are designed to manage errors in quantum information processing.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026

But with government reductions in funding for new schemes announced this year, there is added pressure to ensure the current Blackpool Beach Management schemes can go ahead.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

Despite warnings that an escape attempt would turn the Romanian guards against the prisoners, Bob O’Reilly, Poulson’s Missouri-born pilot, schemes with a number of POWs to tunnel out.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

The Philippines foreign ministry earlier said Lazaro had spent Wednesday in the eastern state of Shan, overseeing humanitarian schemes aiding those displaced in the civil war triggered by the coup.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

‘I had a good reason for that! At any rate, now Zeus blames me for everything - Octavian’s schemes, the fall of Delphi -’ ‘Wait.’

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

In the early 1970s, the rock manager Shep Gordon schemed up ways to infuriate moms and dads, knowing it would make his client Alice Cooper look that much cooler to their children.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

Afforded extra space by his manager's decision to play Jack Grealish alongside him in a central position, De Bruyne schemed in the way he usually does.

From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2024

His character, who schemed to succeed his ailing father as chief executive of the fictional Waystar Royco media and entertainment conglomerate, earned Strong his first Emmy Award in 2020, as well as two additional nominations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2024

City-states, hoping to win civic glory, sometimes schemed to bribe top athletes to falsely claim that city as their own.

From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2024

That day, Seven, Thorn, and Valley huddled by the side entrance of the Ravenskill Hall of Elders and schemed.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega

Thanks to this scheming, Yarbrough’s chances—to represent a district that includes parts of one of the most diverse cities in the U.S.—are looking good.

From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026

Rent-seeking doesn’t require corrupt businessmen scheming with corrupt politicians.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Agents and bots in its labs were caught scheming, hiding errors and ignoring restraints.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

It could be argued Tielemans' arrival addresses an issue Manchester United have had since Carrick quit in 2018; the scheming midfielder with an eye for a pass, who can break a defensive line.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

Rowan and her scheming sisters did not want to attract notice, but their sullen silence soon had the guards giving them queer looks.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin


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