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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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Such confidence schemes are known as “pig butchering” — a particularly rancid term for a rancid business.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026

Just when you think you know all the cyber schemes, fraudsters find new ways to attack.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

Ministers in Cardiff are proposing to bring TGC together with other existing Welsh energy schemes, such as Ynni Cymru, which aims to expand locally-owned renewables and the government's energy service.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

We have heard accounts from homeowners who bought outright, often with a mortgage, as well as those who purchased through shared-ownership schemes.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

As long as I am a key part of both the captain’s and the parrot’s schemes, then both are safe if I make no move one way or the other.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman