Synonyms
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
Recent Examples on the Web
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
Some asbestos victims viewed the case as a ploy to discredit the clinic and undermine lawsuits against the railroad.
—Matthew Brown and Amy Beth Hanson, Quartz, 7 Apr. 2024
Speaking to television reporters outside Kejriwal’s home, his party colleagues said the Enforcement Directorate’s investigation was a ploy by Modi to prevent Kejriwal from campaigning in the upcoming election.
—Gerry Shih, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
Nine Senate Democrats voted against Evers’ plan, signaling concerns that the GOP’s approval was a strategic ploy to be followed by a challenge in federal court from a Republican ally.
—Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 16 Feb. 2024
But the boldest move here was Brennan's ploy to get her father acquitted.
—Kelly Connolly, EW.com, 21 Mar. 2024
When casting and rip jigging it, the water resistance makes this lure fall ever so slowly, which is a good ploy along the edges of weed beds.
—David A. Rose, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2024
Is this a ploy by the school to increase the fund-raising manpower and the motivation to raise funds?
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2024
Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 15 Apr. 2024
The ploy resulted in some $28 million in investor losses.
—Meghana Keshavan, STAT, 15 Apr. 2024
Some asbestos victims viewed the case as a ploy to discredit the clinic and undermine lawsuits against the railroad.
—Matthew Brown and Amy Beth Hanson, Quartz, 7 Apr. 2024
Speaking to television reporters outside Kejriwal’s home, his party colleagues said the Enforcement Directorate’s investigation was a ploy by Modi to prevent Kejriwal from campaigning in the upcoming election.
—Gerry Shih, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
Nine Senate Democrats voted against Evers’ plan, signaling concerns that the GOP’s approval was a strategic ploy to be followed by a challenge in federal court from a Republican ally.
—Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 16 Feb. 2024
But the boldest move here was Brennan's ploy to get her father acquitted.
—Kelly Connolly, EW.com, 21 Mar. 2024
When casting and rip jigging it, the water resistance makes this lure fall ever so slowly, which is a good ploy along the edges of weed beds.
—David A. Rose, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2024
Is this a ploy by the school to increase the fund-raising manpower and the motivation to raise funds?
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2024
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“Ploy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ploy. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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ploy
noun
: a trick designed to embarrass or upset an opponent
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