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something done to achieve a particular goal
Toddlers use a lot of different tactics to try to get what they want.
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Recent Examples of tactic
The longtime Homeland Security official spearheaded the immigration enforcement crackdown in Los Angeles and is seen as directing the agents' aggressive tactics in Chicago.
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Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
And shoppers like Stephanie Espinosa are noticing another tactic.
—Alina Selyukh, NPR, 24 Oct. 2025
Those urgency tactics are designed to keep you from thinking clearly.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
For example, Manel’s Aboudaoud said her average selling price for an evening gown is about $750 despite her use of top fabrics, a tactic to help her six-year-old label grow.
—Miles Socha, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2025
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Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
And shoppers like Stephanie Espinosa are noticing another tactic.
—Alina Selyukh, NPR, 24 Oct. 2025
Those urgency tactics are designed to keep you from thinking clearly.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
For example, Manel’s Aboudaoud said her average selling price for an evening gown is about $750 despite her use of top fabrics, a tactic to help her six-year-old label grow.
—Miles Socha, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tactic
Noun
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The clash occurs more so on the stylistic side and acclimatising to Villa’s methods.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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Molski has his own method to the madness.—
Kaycee Sloan,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
23 Oct. 2025
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Michael Meredith, an avid duck hunter, will teach basic calling techniques.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Oct. 2025
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Antipsychotic medications can reduce hallucinations and delusions, while therapies and rehabilitations can address specific concerns, like teaching cognitive techniques or enhancing social skills to interact with others.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
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The approach mirrors Xbox’s Play Anywhere strategy and recent messaging that strict exclusivity is outdated.—
Alex Harrington,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Oct. 2025
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While the Hong Kong listing should enhance the company’s liquidity and visibility, Zephirin added that a valuation re-rating is unlikely without meaningful gains in capital efficiency or strategy execution.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
28 Oct. 2025
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And more businesses are on the way, with plans to join Sprouts at Everette Farms in the coming months, according to Bill Robinson of Robinson Properties.—
Andy Humbles,
Nashville Tennessean,
27 Oct. 2025
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The discovery offers a powerful way to give waste plastics a second life as high-performance materials, advancing both a circular economy and next-generation clean technologies.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Tactic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tactic. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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