plotted

ADJECTIVE

cut-and-dried

Synonyms

WEAK

definite destined familiar fated fixed in the cards old hat ordained ordinary prearranged precise routine set settled specific trite written

Antonyms

WEAK

vague

ADJECTIVE

studied

Synonyms

STRONGEST

calculated considered designed planned prepared thoughtful

STRONG

advised affected deliberate examined investigated premeditated reviewed willing

WEAK

aforethought conscious gone into prepense purposeful studious thought-about thought-out thought-through voluntary well-considered willful

Antonyms

WEAK

natural spontaneous unintentional unplanned

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Over the four-decade period plotted in the chart above, that share has fallen to 51.8% from from 57%.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

The focus on entry-level motorcycles is a reversal of the strategy plotted by Starrs’ predecessor.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

Times mystery/thriller books prize in 2020 for his gripping noir “Blacktop Wasteland,” and this year he is up for the same award for his brilliantly plotted thriller “King of Ashes.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

One of his findings is plotted in the accompanying chart.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

"Exactly, Mr. McSouthers. Sam Westing plotted against the person he held responsible for his daughter's suicide, the person who forced Violet Westing to marry a man she loathed."

From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin

plotted

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