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Examples of ploy in a Sentence
Her story about being sick is only a ploy to get you to give her money.
asking me to take her shopping turned out to be a ploy to get me to the surprise party
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The public is likely going to perceive the use of generative AI as a clever ploy, but the novelty is going to be overshadowed by whether the AI is suitably fair and balanced.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
These types of ploys will generally lead customers to a fake login portal, which will capture their login details.
—Will McCurdy, PCMAG, 13 Oct. 2024
Yet for all its positives, the Until Dawn remake feels like a very obvious corporate ploy to steer the series into becoming a larger multimedia franchise.
—Aimee Hart, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2024
Democrats and Republicans have argued over the investigation into the Afghanistan withdrawal, with some Democrats accusing the GOP of using the contempt resolution and the hearing in general as a political ploy ahead of a contentious 2024 presidential election.
—Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Sep. 2024
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Lance Eliot, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
These types of ploys will generally lead customers to a fake login portal, which will capture their login details.
—Will McCurdy, PCMAG, 13 Oct. 2024
Yet for all its positives, the Until Dawn remake feels like a very obvious corporate ploy to steer the series into becoming a larger multimedia franchise.
—Aimee Hart, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2024
Democrats and Republicans have argued over the investigation into the Afghanistan withdrawal, with some Democrats accusing the GOP of using the contempt resolution and the hearing in general as a political ploy ahead of a contentious 2024 presidential election.
—Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Sep. 2024
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“Ploy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ploy. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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ploy
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: a trick designed to embarrass or upset an opponent
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