scheme
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The scheme has heavy polluters pay for the greenhouse gases they emit, obliging them to buy allowances that are capped in number, sold in auctions and tradeable.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
With more than 1.7 million members, the scheme is one of the largest in the UK.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
The cattle empire that turned out to be a giant Ponzi scheme.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026
This included 150 government staff and 100 extra Capita staff being drafted in to prioritise the most urgent cases, and an emergency interest-free loan scheme.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
But still, in the scheme of things she was way ahead, and she was acting all poor-me pitiful, and it got him irritated.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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