conspiratorial

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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. 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 See All Example Sentences for conspiratorial
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conspiratorial
Adjective
  • Taking over a century-old garden house hidden within Shanghai’s storied alleys, Samuel Gui Yang softly partitioned the space, seducing the audience yet making every one of them a clandestine voyeur.
    Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 1 Apr. 2025
  • In a display of gallows humor at the sloppiness of the leaders’ theoretically clandestine communication, people online quickly turned those symbols into memes, and renamed their own chats Houthi PC small group.
    Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Then Gungnir covert sniper rifle seems like a bargain, relatively speaking, at just $12,867.
    Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • In the letter, Grassley wrote that the records would help shine a light on the Nazi planning of the covert escape routes.
    Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The first surreptitious shots of Robbie in costume, however, lit up the internet anew.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2025
  • 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
Adjective
  • Only the occasional woman or old man appears on the streets, making furtive bread runs before quickly heading home; young men are nowhere to be found.
    Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2025
  • Lucas then follows his target into the public restroom, where the glances, usually via mirrors, become less furtive.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019

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“Conspiratorial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conspiratorial. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.

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