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plots

  • plural
    of plot.
    plot
    noun
    a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose.
  • present tense form
    of plot (3rd person singular).
    plot
    noun
    a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose.

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Few plots were more valuable than those owned by Delsia Bare and her mother, Ida Huddleston, reports Erich Schwartzel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

"It was a galvanising moment for him," Maggie Haberman, a White House correspondent for the New York Times, said in a recent interview, external when discussing both the Iranian plots and assassination attempts of 2024.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

The plots of “Spirited Away,” “My Neighbor Totoro,” “Princess Mononoke” and “Kiki’s Delivery Service” are as lucid and pure as spring water, relatively speaking.

From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026

Consider the above chart, which plots three different ways of calculating the CPI:

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026

The house plots were modest, typically about six thousand square feet, but they were footholds on the dream.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove