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
Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 3 Mar. 2025
The sixth and final episode of Zero Day begins with the apparent mastermind of the Zero Day attack, Kidder, dead in her prison cell of an apparent suicide.
—Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 22 Feb. 2025
Reuters, NBC News, 16 Jan. 2025
Meanwhile, in August a suspect who is believed to have masterminded a human smuggling attempt that led to the deaths of 53 migrants has been arrested in Guatemala in what U.S. officials say is a dramatic development in the case.
—Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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Noun
Reaching the summit of the sport wasn’t enough for Ford and the car’s mastermind, Carroll Shelby, though.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 3 Mar. 2025
The sixth and final episode of Zero Day begins with the apparent mastermind of the Zero Day attack, Kidder, dead in her prison cell of an apparent suicide.
—Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 22 Feb. 2025
Verb
His legal team has denied allegations against Yoon of masterminding insurrection, a crime in South Korea punishable by life imprisonment or even technically by the death penalty.
—Reuters, NBC News, 16 Jan. 2025
Meanwhile, in August a suspect who is believed to have masterminded a human smuggling attempt that led to the deaths of 53 migrants has been arrested in Guatemala in what U.S. officials say is a dramatic development in the case.
—Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mastermind
Noun
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The Timex headquarters — its design led by architect Doug Disbrow — also would appear on the National Register’s website as a significant property, Stuller said.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
9 Mar. 2025
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The brainchild of famed politician and hotelier Eduard Cattani and his architect brother Arnold Cattani, the Grandhotel Winterhaus was purpose-built to awe.—
Alexandra Cheney,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Mar. 2025
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The first celebrated Le Brillant, one of its key styles introduced that year and partially inspired by the graphic lines of Pavillon Philips engineered by Le Corbusier.—
Lily Templeton,
WWD,
12 Mar. 2025
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Despite the cost-cutting, the company has struggled to engineer a turnaround.—
Michael Kan,
PCMAG,
12 Mar. 2025
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Leaders from both countries negotiated the ceasefire proposal announced on Tuesday.—
Axios,
Axios,
15 Mar. 2025
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The two players have been negotiating deals with Cincinnati to keep them with the organization for years to come.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
15 Mar. 2025
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Read More Trump supporter accused of plotting to assassinate Trump at CA rally.—
Real-Time News team,
Miami Herald,
14 Mar. 2025
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Police said Victoria denied wanting Aaron dead and plotting to kill him, per TMZ.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
14 Mar. 2025
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Mid-20th century, metafiction was all about producing a sort of free zone of uncertainty in the reader about whether they themselves might be caught within a story or the product of some author, or being manipulated by some storyteller at a higher ontological plane, a different plane of being.—
Emma Alpern,
Vulture,
14 Mar. 2025
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In Lynch’s festering neo-noir mystery from 1987, Hopper plays a chronic villain perpetually sipping from a tank of amyl nitrate and handing out hits as a way to manipulate his henchmen.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
14 Mar. 2025
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Every morning, the monks gathered there, arranging themselves on the long stone benches, to discuss the matters of the day.—
Amanda Petrusich,
The New Yorker,
17 Mar. 2025
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The institute once arranged for a Purim care package to be airdropped to a Jewish Coast Guard member 700 miles off the coast of Alaska, for example.—
Lauren Costantino,
Miami Herald,
17 Mar. 2025
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Ollie's Bargain Outlet is acquiring 40 store leases from Big Lots, which continues to maneuver through the Chapter 11 bankruptcy process.—
Jonathan Limehouse,
USA TODAY,
12 Mar. 2025
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At the end of the ride, the entire seating mechanism swivels around for unloading one group and maneuvering the others toward the screen for the next presentation.—
Dewayne Bevil,
Orlando Sentinel,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Mastermind.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mastermind. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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