How to Use opening gambit in a Sentence

opening gambit

noun

• The Limit, Save, Grow Act is an opening gambit, not part of the endgame.
  — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 29 Apr. 2023
• That wasn’t the strong opening gambit that New England needed to start the second half.
  — Christopher Price, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Dec. 2022
• As an opening gambit for such an endeavor, Njinga’s tale is hard to beat.
  — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2023
• That question, the film’s opening gambit, is a shrewd piece of propagandizing.
  — Armond White, National Review, 29 Mar. 2023
• The battle happening right now is the opening gambit in the war over America’s clean energy future.
  — Matthew Miles Goodrich, The New Republic, 6 Mar. 2023
• The anxiety for Judd comes about in a somewhat symbolic way, at first, starting with the very practical matter of the artist having difficulty with the opening gambit of the tour.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 29 Apr. 2023
• Riyadh has also listed a series of high-stake demands, including U.S. help in developing nuclear power, but U.S. officials see that as an opening gambit.
  — Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2023
• Because Edelman’s opening gambit reveals itself to be cannily constructed.
  — Vulture, 27 June 2023