How to Use tactics in a Sentence

tactics

noun
  • But in the case of the WTA, such tactics have not worked out as planned.
    Nectar Gan and Steve George, CNN, 19 Nov. 2021
  • Well, these three tactics are just as valuable for them as well.
    Andrés De Jongh, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2021
  • But again, one of the best tactics, and Mike addresses this in the story, is just talking to your kids.
    USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2022
  • Democrats shouldn’t support short-term tactics that fuel the fire set by Mr. Trump.
    Tim Roemer, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2022
  • The fact that these tactics fall short isn’t an issue for humans and humans alone.
    Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 26 Jan. 2023
  • So, the monks devised a battery of tactics to counteract the many forces that torqued their minds.
    Jamie Kreiner, Time, 5 Jan. 2023
  • But the shock tactics were easy and cheap and, ultimately, dull.
    Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2021
  • Use social media of all kinds, from LinkedIn to YouTube, and test new tactics and strategies.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 1 Sep. 2021
  • What precedent is there for these kinds of local tactics?
    Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Taiwan has fought each new wave of the pandemic with these tactics.
    Robin G. Nelson, Scientific American, 15 Feb. 2022
  • After trying many other tactics to get rid of the crows, the town is now moving to laser pointers.
    Justin Ray, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2022
  • There has been little consensus on the top tactics right now.
    cleveland, 16 Sep. 2021
  • Such tactics have been tried and tested against other bogeymen of the far right.
    Yasmeen Serhan, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2021
  • Of course, such tactics raise privacy concerns, notes the Times.
    Brigid Kennedy, The Week, 13 Dec. 2021
  • Lopez questioned whether those tactics are being used against groups like NSC-131.
    BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2022
  • Perhaps the winner will be the team that manages to stick to those tactics, rather than being sucked in and pushing too far forward.
    James Robson, ajc, 17 Dec. 2022
  • Again, the trio bursts out laughing at his audition tactics.
    Leah Campano, Seventeen, 17 Mar. 2022
  • Extremist tactics and language are tried and tested here, and the language is exported to the rest of the country.
    Annie Geng, The New Republic, 2 Sep. 2021
  • Non-lethal tactics were used, but those proved unsuccessful as well, the patrol said.
    Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 12 Aug. 2022
  • These tactics can cut training time and costs for businesses.
    Daniel Fallmann, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Uncrewed missile ships could also allow the Navy to mix up tactics.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 13 Sep. 2021
  • The tactics led Leonard and George to pass at much higher rates than their season average — in Leonard’s case, more than double — during the trip.
    Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2023
  • The resilience of the ancient grapes may be the result of Middle Age winemakers’ farming tactics.
    Ian Mount, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Lucid will also rely on some tactics that take place off screen.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 26 Mar. 2022
  • Twitter isn’t the first company that witnessed Elon Musk use those tactics.
    Jeremy W. Peters, New York Times, 10 Dec. 2022
  • Some legal scholars are very skeptical of the FTC’s new tactics.
    Christopher Mims, WSJ, 29 Jan. 2022
  • Creed’s tactics also will be different in the final two races.
    Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Oct. 2021
  • At past World Cups, squads have had about a month between the end of the league season and the start of the tournament to build chemistry, put tactics in place, and get their act together in friendlies.
    Jody Rosen, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2022
  • But these tactics have come at a high price for local populations.
    Elian Peltier, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Jan. 2023
  • While the Red Dog unit’s heavy-handed tactics would become a focus of scrutiny later, the real crisis of her tenure centered on the narcotics squad.
    Safia Samee Ali, NBC News, 2 Feb. 2023

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