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scheme

[skeem] / skim /




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Jeremy Carassco, co-founder of the AI research firm Riddance, said the number of accounts pushing this type of content indicates that the videos are working as a profit-making scheme.

From Barron's • Jun. 18, 2026

Our ban, however, goes further than Australia’s, and has therefore been dubbed the “Australia-plus” scheme.

From Slate • Jun. 18, 2026

When I wrote about this scheme in 2023, I counted more than 12,440 lawsuits that the Los Angeles-based firm had filed in federal courts coast-to-coast.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026

His sentence has been referred to the Court of Appeal by the solicitor general under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2026

Penelope frowned, for this indeed was the last and deepest mole hole in her scheme, and the one in which she feared they were most likely to step and twist an ankle, so to speak.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood




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