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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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Fur trappers largely eradicated the animals from the American West as part of a ploy to keep Americans from settling in the area.
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Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 15 Apr. 2024
The ploy resulted in some $28 million in investor losses.
—Meghana Keshavan, STAT, 15 Apr. 2024
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Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 15 Apr. 2024
The ploy resulted in some $28 million in investor losses.
—Meghana Keshavan, STAT, 15 Apr. 2024
See all Example Sentences for ploy
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“Ploy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ploy. Accessed 4 May. 2024.
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ploy
noun
: a trick designed to embarrass or upset an opponent
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