stratagem
Example Sentences
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Indeed, one of the play’s cagey stratagems reduces the father further, to a piece of furniture: an empty recliner with a blue-check blanket, which Louis, now 29, occasionally talks to or curls up in.
From New York Times
Today’s autocrats are savvy, with new stratagems fit for a world upended by technological change.
From Washington Post
Nothing about the Texas stratagem limits it to abortion rights.
From Los Angeles Times
"Under the guise of 'opposition research,' 'data analytics,' and other political stratagems, the Defendants nefariously sought to sway the public's trust," says the lawsuit, filed in federal court in Florida and reported on by CNN.
From Salon
In fact, silencing is now a routine Republican stratagem.
From Seattle Times
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