gambit
Example Sentences
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The Oscars will be shown only on YouTube from 2029, the Academy said Wednesday, in a radical gambit for a movie industry that remains wary of streaming platforms even as viewing habits shift online.
From Barron's
A point-of-view gambit from the hospital bed of June, ill with cancer, is both conceptually obvious and visually jarring.
In October, China added holmium to the list of restricted materials, putting an end to the gambit.
But Stuckey’s sinister genius was in using her gender to make these tired gambits seem fresh and modern.
From Salon
She was referring to the 1846-48 Mexican-American War, now widely seen as a U.S. expansionist gambit in the era of Manifest Destiny.
From Los Angeles Times
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