marketing ploy

noun

: something that people who are selling a product use to make people want to buy the product

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The belief from those people is that the couple, and especially Markle, are using the visit as a marketing ploy. Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 28 June 2026 Noah Greenberg is posting them all—and the engagement is, by his own admission, a marketing ploy. Jim Edwards, Fortune, 10 June 2026 The collaboration—which is just the latest between the automaker and the studio’s parent company, Disney—is meant to be more than just a glitzy marketing ploy. Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 9 June 2026 Gutierrez’s agent missed a great marketing ploy. Chuck Murr, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for marketing ploy

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“Marketing ploy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marketing%20ploy. Accessed 23 Jul. 2026.

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