machinations

Example Sentences

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Who’s pulling the strings, and what purpose do their machinations serve?

From Salon • May 6, 2026

The machinations about the ownership of the magazine in the final act also don’t ring true.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

Every now and then a particular asset is afforded greater heft than usual in determining broader market machinations.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 6, 2026

Intimately acquainted with Richard’s malignity, these ruined royals know only too well the toll of his depraved machinations.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

The machinations of European powers and the funny mustached German dictator were as remote to our island in the fall of 1941 as Silas Marner, which sapped our energies through eighth-grade English.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson