Thesaurus results for SCHEME (OUT)

scheme (out)

verb

Definition of scheme (out)

as in to plan

to work out the details of (something) in advance the campaign operatives schemed out a plan for dealing with bombshells about the candidate's past indiscretions

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Demonstrators plan to take to the streets again Saturday to denounce the high cost of living.

— ELITSA GADEVA, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
The company has not disclosed the specific seeker configuration or guidance architecture planned for the weapon.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of plan

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About 75% to 80% of Spirit’s merchandise is designed, developed and sourced by the company, mostly in Asia.

— Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
As part of this approach, ESA has updated its debris mitigation requirements and standards that will govern how its missions are designed, built, flown and disposed of.

— David Zamora, Space.com, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of design

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In crowded Chaweng Beach, this 26-room hotel’s high style attracts a stream of beachcombers (prepare to show your key to the hotel gatekeeper).

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Oct. 2026
The United States has starting making arrangements to prepare its key bases to operate for at least 3 months without outside support.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of prepare

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Eire serves on the advisory board for the Disclosure Foundation, a nonprofit that organized the event and is dedicated to transparency around unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) and aliens.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2026
On February 9, 1934, the French Communist Party organized a march to the Place de la République as a counter-protest to fascist riots, an action that helped lay the groundwork for the alliance of left-wing parties known as the Popular Front.

— Maurice Samuels, New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2026

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