ingenious plan

collocation in English

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ingenious
adjective
uk
/ɪnˈdʒiː.ni.əs/us
/ɪnˈdʒiː.ni.əs/
(of a person) very intelligent and skilful, or (of a thing) skilfully made or planned and involving new ideas ...
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plan
noun
uk
/plæn/us
/plæn/
a set of decisions about how to do something in ...
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(Definition ofingeniousandplanfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This new and ratheringeniousplanwill get the best of both worlds.
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It seems to be aningeniousplan, and though it is ingenious it is very simple.
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A most excellent andingeniousplanif we could separate the points.
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Theingeniousplanfor providing financial guarantees to producers may or may not work out.
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It is a veryingeniousplan, whereby for a year or so it is not to fall too heavily upon the mass of the people.
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I congratulate him on his mostingeniousplan.
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It certainly is a veryingeniousplan, but ingenuity frequently is a most awkward thing and one sometimes finds oneself in trouble when trying to work in accordance with it.
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He came up with aningeniousplanto deal with them.
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The four devise and rehearse aningeniousplanto break into the store and disarm its sophisticated alarm system.
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It has aningeniousplanwith lofty columns supporting a flat ribbed roof.
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Many ingenious plans have been devised, some of them fanciful, some of them realistic.
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Their bumbling incompetence often jeopardizes their duke's ingenious plans, which constantly drives him insane and brings him to the verge of despair.
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