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something done to achieve a particular goal
Toddlers use a lot of different tactics to try to get what they want.
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Recent Examples of tactic
The alliteration is a comment on the tactics that opponents say insurance companies use to delay or deny policyholders' claims.
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Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2024
Now, activists and supporters are changing tactics.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
In his campaign, Trump promised to reverse the Biden administration's intervention into local law enforcement agencies and support more aggressive policing tactics, including the use of stop-and-frisk to detain people and dispatching the National Guard to subdue unrest.
—David Nakamura The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 5 Dec. 2024
Trump himself once ran a for-profit school, called Trump University, in which attendees said they were duped with false advertising and high-pressure sales tactics.
—Annie Nova, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2024
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Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2024
Now, activists and supporters are changing tactics.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
In his campaign, Trump promised to reverse the Biden administration's intervention into local law enforcement agencies and support more aggressive policing tactics, including the use of stop-and-frisk to detain people and dispatching the National Guard to subdue unrest.
—David Nakamura The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 5 Dec. 2024
Trump himself once ran a for-profit school, called Trump University, in which attendees said they were duped with false advertising and high-pressure sales tactics.
—Annie Nova, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tactic
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This method is about more than just writing good emails.Grace Butler, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
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The stakes are high, but in my opinion, the tools and methods being proposed—while promising on paper—are unlikely to resist the gravitational pull of the entrenched culture within government.Greg Orme, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Rodriguez also notes that his hacking technique could be used not just by a driver who wants to jailbreak their own plate, but also by someone targeting an unwitting owner of a plate too.Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 16 Dec. 2024
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The problem is that their techniques cast a wide net over our telecom networks, so your unsecure messages could be collected and used to exploit you down the road.Ken Colburn, The Arizona Republic, 16 Dec. 2024
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The Heavy Responsibility of AI Use Institutional investors, regulators, and other stakeholders have begun paying more attention to how companies govern their AI strategies.Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
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The California strategy grew out of a series of focus groups undertaken soon after Gonzalez, a former state lawmaker, became head of the Labor Federation in July 2022.Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2024
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With that announcement, my memory raced back unhappily to the bad old days of J. Edgar Hoover — except in dramatic ways, Patel looks worse.Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 15 Dec. 2024
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For the most part, the Bucks have played tight games over the last month and just found a way to win at the end.Eric Nehm, The Athletic, 15 Dec. 2024
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“Tactic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tactic. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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