Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
machinations
noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ political machinations
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ 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.
Wiktionary
machinations
n. (plural of machination English)
Wikipedia
Machinations
Machinations may refer to:
- Machinations (band), a 1980s Australian new wave pop band
- Machinations: An Anthology of Ingenious Designs, a 2002 Australian collection of short stories
Machinations (band)
Machinations are an Australian synthpop band which formed in 1980. They reached the top 20 on the Kent Music Report Albums Chart with Big Music (24 June 1985). Their top 30 hits on the related Kent Music Report Singles Chart are "Pressure Sway" (June 1983), "No Say in It" (September 1984), "My Heart's on Fire" (May 1985), and "Do to You" (August 1987). Earlier they had achieved indie prominence with two versions of their first single, "Average Inadequacy" (September 1981, March 1982). Machinations developed a cult following in dance clubs during the mid-1980s. By late 1989 the group had disbanded, they briefly reunited in 1997 and then reformed in 2012.