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schemes

  • plural
    of scheme.
    scheme
    noun
    a plan, design, or program of action to be followed; project.
  • present tense form
    of scheme (3rd person singular).
    scheme
    noun
    a plan, design, or program of action to be followed; project.

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Croick and Dieffenbach worked via Zoom to study schemes, installations and the skills it took to play under center.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Several labelling schemes, including from Britain, France and Germany, were being showcased at the world's biggest book industry fair in Frankfurt this week, where the challenges posed by AI were hotly debated.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

Two weeks later, Jaguar's denim-clad design chief Gerry McGovern took to a Miami stage to unveil a pair of radical concept cars, resplendent in Miami Pink and London Blue colour schemes.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Perhaps the mayor will now muster some sympathy for businesses mugged in similar schemes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Lord Dunmore’s letters to General Howe, which very fortunately fell into my hands, and were enclosed by me to Congress, will let you pretty fully into his diabolical schemes.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson