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stratagem
synonyms for stratagem
- gimmick
- one-upmanship
- ploy
- ruse
- subterfuge
- wile
- action
- angle
- artifice
- bit
- brainchild
- child
- con
- deception
- device
- dodge
- feint
- gambit
- game
- gamesmanship
- intrigue
- layout
- maneuver
- method
- pitch
- plan
- play
- plot
- pretext
- proposition
- racket
- scenario
- scene
- scheme
- setup
- shift
- slant
- stall
- story
- switch
- twist
- booby trap
- game plan
- grift
- little game
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How to use stratagem in a sentence
“Texas has employed an array of stratagems designed to shield its unconstitutional law from judicial review,” Roberts wrote.
Supreme Court says Texas abortion providers may proceed with challenge of six-week ban, leaves law in effect for now | Robert Barnes | December 10, 2021 | Washington PostThis was the stratagem of leftists everywhere for a long, long time.
Thad Cochran Wins One for Sanity Over Tea Partier Chris McDaniel | Michael Tomasky | June 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMao was a master of the ancient Empty City stratagem, which seeks to conceal weakness with a show of confidence, even aggression.
The stratagem worked, because the ships went about from one tack to the other without being seen by the Dutch.
But I always suspected it was a stratagem on his part to avoid playing, and that nothing really ailed him.
Music-Study in Germany | Amy FayAunty Rosa had credited him in the past with petty cunning and stratagem that had never entered into his head.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II | Rudyard KiplingLady Arabella Seymour escaped from confinement in the tower of London by stratagem.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellRabelais was not more cunning when he hit upon his stratagem for getting carried to Paris.
Friend Mac Donald | Max O'Rell
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