MACHINATED Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

machinated

verb

past tense of machinate

as in plotted

to engage in a secret plan to accomplish evil or unlawful ends a trio of courtiers who were discovered to be machinating against the queen

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as in negotiated

to plan out usually with subtle skill or care the hackers machinated a way to steal credit numbers from the company's Web site

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But a few months later, at her 18-month appointment, the standard graph that plotted a child’s weight against their age showed her weight slipping off the curve.

— Raj Panjabi, Time, 13 Oct. 2026
By the time the coffee shop building was going up at the end of the route in 1959, Fresco said, interstate freeways were already beginning to usurp Route 66’s role and the Santa Monica route of Interstate 10 had been plotted.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026

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The low-dropout regulator which converts battery voltage into a steady supply is specifically engineered to avoid adding noise.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 19 Oct. 2026
Against one of the nation’s most talented defenses, Florida’s first-time starting quarterback calmly engineered the kind of drive that wins championships and changes seasons.

— Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of engineered

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The Delhi agitation centers on allegations that voter lists were manipulated during the Special Intensive Revision exercise.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026
The researchers then manipulated the scenario by changing what happened after the focal bee returned to the hive and gave directions to the feeder.

— Marta Hill, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of manipulated

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Detours and shortcuts in the brain The cells and synapses of the brain aren’t arranged in rigid, linear paths for each task and experience.

— Sean Mccabe, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026
Desperate for actual contact with Holmes, Fielder has arranged to meet her briefly at the prison before Evans shows up.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2026

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