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machinationsmach‧i‧na‧tions /ˌmækəˈneɪʃənz, ˌmæʃə-/ noun [plural] formal - He typified a decade in which financial machinations stymied long-term corporate growth.
- He was also aware of various machinations on his behalf in Paris.
- Her machinations appear intended to secure a Bush victory-nothing else.
- His total disinterest in the machinations of money bewildered his brothers, his father and extended family.
- It would be a mistake, however, to ascribe this sensitivity purely to the propaganda and machinations of the Communists.
- More crudely, they are written off as a rampaging mob, victim to primitive urges or the machinations of conspirators.
- The machinations of corporate sharks were a slightly hazy area in her experience.
► political machinations the political machinations of far right groups secret, clever, and often unfair methods used to achieve something – used to show disapprovalmachinations of the political machinations of far right groups |