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machination
[ mak-uh-ney-shuhn ]
noun
- an act or instance of machinating.
- Usually machinations. crafty schemes; plots; intrigues.
Synonyms: ,
machination
/ ˌmæʃ-; ˌmækɪˈneɪʃən /
noun
- an intrigue, plot, or scheme
- the act of devising plots or schemes
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of machination1
Example Sentences
That’s how power obfuscates unseemly machinations: by claiming to be doing the opposite.
And both put ideology aside and turned pragmatic in their machinations to placate Trump, despite his long history of demeaning Mexico and Mexican immigrants.
"It's essentially about the political machinations that go on... people with competing interests and competing ideologies."
Neither the stage production nor the musical can do much with the melodramatic Madame Morrible, the headmistress at Shiz who becomes a key player in the Wonderful Wizard of Oz’s fascist machinations.
But the Jay-Z case offers a window into the machinations and big money behind such cases that could be a preview of the potential fallout involving other civil litigation that’s been filed against Combs.
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