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Recent Examples of conspiratorial
Service here is thoughtful and conspiratorial — none of the too-cool energy that seems to pervade speakeasies in other European cities.
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Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 28 Jan. 2025
As a shape-shifting rock poet — a prophet with a nasal yowl — Dylan and his opaque words were particularly attractive for theorists of the literary, musical and conspiratorial varieties.
—Corey Kilgannon, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Sure, there had been shows that broke the fourth wall, but none did so with quite the same conspiratorial panache as Phoebe Waller-Bridge, delivering her straight-to-camera confessions with winking glee and singular wit.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 31 Jan. 2025
Americans broadly are susceptible to conspiratorial thinking.
—Miles Bryan, Vox, 30 Jan. 2025
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Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 28 Jan. 2025
As a shape-shifting rock poet — a prophet with a nasal yowl — Dylan and his opaque words were particularly attractive for theorists of the literary, musical and conspiratorial varieties.
—Corey Kilgannon, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Sure, there had been shows that broke the fourth wall, but none did so with quite the same conspiratorial panache as Phoebe Waller-Bridge, delivering her straight-to-camera confessions with winking glee and singular wit.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 31 Jan. 2025
Americans broadly are susceptible to conspiratorial thinking.
—Miles Bryan, Vox, 30 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conspiratorial
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After authorities responded with mass arrests, weavers formed clandestine committees and took secret oaths.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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Til Schweiger plays a sardonic whale-tourism boat captain (and former elite military operative, obviously) who gets roped into taking down a clandestine organization that’s building the perfect super-soldier through genetic experiments.—
Jordan Crucchiola,
Vulture,
4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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After the unexpected death of the pope, Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) is tasked with running the covert process of choosing a new leader.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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Those documents gave curious readers more details about Cold War-era covert U.S. operations in other nations, but did not initially lend credence to long-circulating conspiracy theories about who killed JFK.—
Josh Funk and Haya Panjwani,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The first surreptitious shots of Robbie in costume, however, lit up the internet anew.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
24 Mar. 2025
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The department has been criticized for using surreptitious means to collect DNA, like grabbing a soda can used by a suspect after questioning.—
Graham Rayman,
New York Daily News,
24 Feb. 2025
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Asked by the newspaper’s lawyers to explain how the furtive system worked, Mr. Frankel typed up a 14-page memo.—
David W. Dunlap,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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Several of these involve a furtive religious cult known as the Scars — its adherents have a way of pussyfooting through the forest and doing absolutely horrible things to nonbelievers.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
12 Apr. 2025
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“Conspiratorial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conspiratorial. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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