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Example sentences for: gambit

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As Prudie has said before, the "how are you" gambit is really a greeting, not a question.
Francis may not have had the overview needed to reveal evolution's gambit, but he knew the moves needed to clear the “tangle of difficulties” (Crick 1994, p.
Now if A were a professor--or an older person of any standing--and B a student, then B's gambit might well seem impertinent.
This gambit was based on what was at least a plausible political calculation.
The gambit would, at a stroke, deter Kennedy from invading Cuba, cement Moscow's alliance with Havana, and shift the world strategic balance.