as in connivance
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as in winking
to secretly sympathize with or pretend ignorance of something improper or unlawful
the principal connived at all the school absences that were recorded on the day of the city's celebration of its Super Bowl victory
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as in plotting
to engage in a secret plan to accomplish evil or unlawful ends
suspects that his coworkers are conniving to get him fired
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Noun
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The arrests were part of wide-ranging Establishment attacks on the new generation of pop stars in Britain at the time, done through connivance with informers and a hostile conservative media.—
Bill Wyman,
Vulture,
30 Jan. 2025 -
Of course, this was done with the connivance of politicians.—
Vera Bergengruen/Buenos Aires,
TIME,
23 May 2024
Verb
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Beneath us is a shimmering expanse of untouched snow like powdered sugar, winking in the spring sun; the odd shadow; the frozen Fedaia Lake far below.—
Toby Skinner,
Condé Nast Traveler,
26 Dec. 2024
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Another technique is using Hall’s narration for all the little internal monologue bits, the little winking one-liners that Dexter never says out loud.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
22 Dec. 2024
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Congressional Republicans are also getting involved in campus politics, sending letters to eight Ivy League schools expressing concern about allegations of collusion to raise tuition prices.—
Jonathan Easley,
The Hill,
10 Apr. 2025
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Manafort’s subsequent plea of guilty for conspiracy to defraud the United States, and Trump’s later pardon, only threw more wood on the raging collusion fire.—
Garry Kasparov,
The Atlantic,
28 Feb. 2025
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FedEx — The stock gained more than 1% after Jefferies upgraded FedEx to buy from hold, saying investors are ignoring the cost-cutting efforts at the packing and shipping company that will continue to drive earnings growth regardless of the macroeconomic challenges.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
24 Mar. 2025
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Yet there’s no ignoring the fact that the Rockies would’ve loved to have Brito penciled in as their second baseman this year.—
Daniel R. Epstein,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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But the biggest threats come from billionaire corporate land developers and scheming local government officials, eager to get their greedy hands on all that gorgeous acreage to build casinos, resort hotels, golf courses, and the like.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
24 Dec. 2024
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In two different filings in New York and Texas last month, Drake accused UMG – which distributes music for both Drake and Lamar – of scheming to popularize Lamar's diss track, which in turn allegedly harmed Drake and his businesses.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA TODAY,
21 Dec. 2024
Noun
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But this fraud was not possible without complicity.—
Nuala Walsh,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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This admission once again exposes the blatant American complicity and bias in favor of the occupation, debunking its false claims of seeking de-escalation.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
18 Mar. 2025
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However, Keena said that strategy may not be as effective this time around.—
Savannah Kuchar,
USA Today,
21 Apr. 2025
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Outpacing services and community expectations while chasing tax dollars is not a long-term winning strategy.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In this original usage, it was associated with concepts like designs, ground plans, and sketches—flat forms to be realized as physical structures.—
Leo Kim,
WIRED,
5 Sep. 2023
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The possible dichotomy between ground plan and volumetric form has never been more apparent to me.—
Martin Filler,
The New York Review of Books,
22 May 2023
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“Conniving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conniving. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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