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Six example sentences with scheme, each labelled with its topic.
The firm's scheme for the flooded district ran to nine phases, each with its own budget and completion date.
Architecture
Her scheme for clearing the final dungeon involved three decoys, a timed door, and a healer waiting at the exit.
Gaming
The city adopted a twenty-year scheme to replace every diesel bus, retrain drivers, and rebuild four depots along the river.
Environment
The pension scheme moves each member's savings from shares into bonds on a fixed timetable as retirement approaches.
Finance
The coach's defensive scheme sends two players at the ball on every screen and trusts the weak side to rotate.
Basketball
The housing scheme sets out which districts build first, how many units each year, and where the funding comes from.
Politics
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Found in 8 published word lists
- University Word List (Xue & Nation 1984)Authoritative
- Academic Word List (Coxhead 2000)Authoritative
- Academic Keyword List (Paquot 2010)Authoritative
- Business English Academic Word ListAuthoritative
- New General Service List (Browne et al. 2013)Authoritative
- Science Vocabulary ListAuthoritative
- 5000 GRE Words (widely used study list)Recognized
- GRE Word List 4700 (widely used study list)Recognized
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