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Antonyms for ploy
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  1. gambit, ploynoun

    an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker

    Synonyms:
    gambit, stratagem

  2. ploy, gambit, stratagemnoun

    a maneuver in a game or conversation

    Synonyms:
    dodge, gambit, contrivance, stratagem

How to use ploy in a sentence?

  1. Jared Goodman:

    It’s simply a P.R. ploy by SeaWorld to get visitors back into the facilities, manby himself said this isn’t about the whales, it’s about the customers.

  2. Marilyn Mosby:

    Please don't be fooled. We are now five months from our next election and this indictment is merely a political ploy by my political adversaries to unseat me, please also understand that I will never let that happen without a fight.

  3. Martin Wiedmann:

    It's sensationalist marketing ploy by companies designed to sell their services. the use of genetic analysis in this type of setting is actually fascinating.

  4. The House:

    Today’s subpoena of President Donald J. Trump less than one month from the midterm elections is a desperate political ploy by Democrats and their mainstream media stenographer allies.

  5. Chetan Dube:

    In the 1800s, 90 percent of us were just farming. Today it’s 2 percent of us. What happened to the other 88 percent? Technology came and gave us wings, ‘Smart’ has become so abused a term. It has become more of a marketing ploy. But true ‘smart’ technology—a true cognitive agent—will almost force man to say, ‘Lift up your game.’ Because the commonplace, mundane chores that were abusing your intellectual capabilities are no longer there. Descartes’ classic ‘Je pense, donc je suis’—‘I think, therefore I am’—has never been more applicable to man’s pursuits.

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