Words similar to gambit

Example sentences for: gambit

How can you use “gambit” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

(The Wall Street Journal has this linguistic gambit as well.)
This gambit was based on what was at least a plausible political calculation.
As Prudie has said before, the "how are you" gambit is really a greeting, not a question.
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.
The gambit is called "pagejacking," and the one used to force the diverted surfer to click through numerous pages at the porn site before escaping is known as "mousetrapping."