Words similar to ploy

Example sentences for: ploy

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Presumably the pundits are right, and Dole's desperate ploy will fail.
This is very economical of space and involves a clever computer ploy, but it does not provide a particularly useful synonym dictionary, for, as we all know, synonymy in language does not yield to the commutative law of mathematics; in language, “Things equal to the same thing are not (necessarily) equal to each other.”
When shopping, be aware that quality does vary greatly and some bargains may not be what they appear — inferior stone painted to look like marble or alabaster is a favorite ploy around the sites in Upper Egypt.
The ploy worked well enough until the Meiji Restoration, when those Western ideas were needed to modernize the country.
Bradley: It was nothing but a ploy