noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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political machinations
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He typified a decade in which financial machinations stymied long-term corporate growth.
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He was also aware of various machinations on his behalf in Paris.
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Her machinations appear intended to secure a Bush victory-nothing else.
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His total disinterest in the machinations of money bewildered his brothers, his father and extended family.
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It would be a mistake, however, to ascribe this sensitivity purely to the propaganda and machinations of the Communists.
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More crudely, they are written off as a rampaging mob, victim to primitive urges or the machinations of conspirators.
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The machinations of corporate sharks were a slightly hazy area in her experience.