as in architect
a person who designs and guides a plan or undertaking
the real mastermind behind the embezzlement scheme
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as in to engineer
to plan out usually with subtle skill or care
he was charged with masterminding a plan to redecorate the suite of offices without seriously disrupting business operations
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Recent Examples of mastermind
Deborah Sengupta Stith, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Mandy Moore, choreographer of the Eras Tour, is the mastermind behind the musical numbers of the awards show.
—Bryan West, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 31 Mar. 2025
Listen to this article A Georgia man has been indicted for allegedly helping mastermind a violent carjacking and kidnapping in Danbury in August that authorities believe was tied to the theft of hundreds of millions of dollars in cryptocurrency.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 25 Mar. 2025
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Noun
In a set that clocked in at just over 90 mins, the rapper/singer/production mastermind launched cupid strikes, flexed trickster magic, wore a mask, bore his heart, danced, raged, rapped, played with fire, and shouted out the flagship Whole Foods in downtown Austin.
—Deborah Sengupta Stith, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Mandy Moore, choreographer of the Eras Tour, is the mastermind behind the musical numbers of the awards show.
—Bryan West, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Verb
But Spider-Verse masterminds Lord and Miller, who produce and write the features, are known for their perfectionist tendencies and feel pressure to deliver something new with each of these films.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 31 Mar. 2025
Listen to this article A Georgia man has been indicted for allegedly helping mastermind a violent carjacking and kidnapping in Danbury in August that authorities believe was tied to the theft of hundreds of millions of dollars in cryptocurrency.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 25 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mastermind
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Tristan Auer, the interior architect behind the Carlton Hotel in Cannes and the Hôtel de Crillon in Paris, transformed the 3,800-square-foot space into a private apartment to elevate personalized service and offer discretion to the store’s clients.—
Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
7 July 2025
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The firm works extensively in Miami and New York and has deep connections to talented collaborators, including architects, landscape designers, and contractors.—
Dan Howarth,
Architectural Digest,
7 July 2025
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It’s engineered for high-performance boating, combining lightweight carbon fiber construction with advanced infusion and vacuum bagging techniques.—
Katia Damborsky,
Forbes.com,
13 July 2025
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Inspired by Soap Box Derby races, they were engineered simply so families could assemble them at home for kids to learn to sail.—
Katie Strasberg Rousso,
Southern Living,
12 July 2025
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Instead, there’s more public bickering and negotiating.—
Matt Hayes,
The Tennessean,
11 July 2025
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Trump ratcheted up tariffs on Canada as the two sides negotiate a trade deal.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
11 July 2025
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These tariff rates range between 25% and 50%, with the highest tariff reserved for Brazil, where Trump has objected to the prosecution of the country’s former, right-wing president Jair Bolsonaro for allegedly plotting a coup.—
Cailey Gleeson,
jsonline.com,
14 July 2025
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At the behest of Cook, the group was beginning to plot a show to save the beloved Shepherd’s Bush concert venue Bush Hall.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
12 July 2025
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Even a congressional candidate has alleged that humans manipulated the weather behind the Fourth of July weekend floods in Texas, which left at least 120 people dead and more than 170 still missing.—
Brandi D. Addison,
Austin American Statesman,
12 July 2025
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Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to run malicious code or access other parts of your system by manipulating memory.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
11 July 2025
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Horowitz spent decades arranging for Sondheim’s archives to come to the Library of Congress.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
13 July 2025
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The controversy comes at a time the United States is trying to arrange a ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas.—
Amira El-Fekki,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 July 2025
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The other member of the trio, Kosmos 2583, released its sub-satellite and maneuvered around it for about a month, then raised its orbit to match that of Kosmos 2581.—
Robert Pearlman,
ArsTechnica,
11 July 2025
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Rowin pushes and steers with the handle at the back, maneuvering toward the front door.—
Scott Craven,
AZCentral.com,
10 July 2025
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“Mastermind.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mastermind. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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