Example Sentences

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The boys are not masterminds; the victims are not fools.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 14, 2026

The church had previous accused successive governments of failing to identify the masterminds behind the bombings.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

They were the masterminds behind “Gasolina,” Daddy Yankee’s song that arguably mainstreamed reggaetón.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2025

Adam Foltz, one of the masterminds of those very same Wisconsin maps.

From Salon • Jul. 20, 2025

The boy who had thought of a mouse to turn his windmill had thought out some of the sublimest things in nature, and was henceforward to rank as one of the few masterminds of science.

From Famous Men of Science by Bolton, Sarah K.