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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a ploy for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a strategy or tactic intended to achieve a specific goal, often with a connotation of deceit or manipulation.
Example: "The company's announcement of a new product was seen as a ploy for increasing sales during the holiday season."
Alternatives: "a tactic for" or "a scheme to".
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Her reinvention is merely a ploy for mainstream success, right?
"This is no longer a ploy for the next election.
I think it's frozen," Alex moaned, in a ploy for maternal sympathy.
But Horowitz insists the watermelon was a culinary experiment rather than a ploy for Instagram attention.
It's about as common a ploy for laughs as a pie in the face.
Suck on a Penny -- A ploy for foiling alcohol breath tests.
Was the resignation simply a ploy for Mr. Watanabe to bail out?
"We just saw it as a ploy for Google to make more money out of the industry".
Bogin even devised a ploy for Emmett's class: one of the school's English teachers conducted a lesson entirely in English.
We didn't want to muddy the message for anyone to think this was a ploy for fund-raising.
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The move, which is a common ploy for a company resisting a suitor, comes in the wake of 21st Century Fox's $80-billion 80-billionTime Warner.
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