stratagem

Example Sentences

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That’s the unfortunate stratagem Katy Perry resorts to at the end of her new album, “143,” in a groaner of a closer called “Wonder” that features a guest turn by the singer’s 4-year-old daughter, Daisy.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2024

We’ll know more about whether the stratagem accomplished anything when the preliminary injunction case goes to a hearing in December.

From Reuters • Oct. 20, 2022

He’s guilty, he admits, even if he was a junior partner in a stratagem he dimly understood.

From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2020

Critics called this stratagem “greenmail” and condemned it for ignoring the interests of employees, customers and management.

From Washington Post • Sep. 11, 2019

Each time they followed his example, he retreated with concern and racked his brain for some new stratagem that would enable him to turn upon them scornfully again.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller