scheme

Example Sentences

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It was the final step in an audacious scheme that began last offseason to build a champion in a single summer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

He added: "We need a help scheme which is open and understandable, so the public gets the message that there is help for those facing a crisis."

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

At the rate things are heating up on Earth, threatening to fry us alive sooner than later, this scheme could supposedly reverse or slow the damage we’ve done.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 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

No doubt the mice would be interested to learn of his scheme to attack the main gate with a battering ram.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques