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The phrase "as a type of a ploy" is not correct in standard written English.
It can be used when discussing a specific strategy or tactic that is being categorized as a ploy.
Example: "The marketing campaign was designed as a type of a ploy to attract more customers during the holiday season."
Alternatives: "as a form of a tactic" or "as a kind of strategy."
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Some travelers request a discount as a matter of course, a ploy that can work.
An organism may also respond to evolutionary pressure such as environmental pH by increasing the number of copies of a charged protein, a ploy frequently adopted in drug resistance.
Atlantic City is more of a proposition and a ploy.
Modifying a foreign transgene sequence to mimic coding sequences endogenous to the host plant can be thought of as a ploy to prevent triggering the host plant's defence mechanisms against foreign gene sequences.
In politics, as we see, a ploy is double-edged; accusations of trickiness can get tricky.
As an example of rhetorical ploys, someone stating that a political figure is a "terrorist" for raising taxes will not likely make the speaker liable for slander.
(During an earlier trial on similar charges, Carlile had read aloud from "Rights of Man," a ploy that allowed him to publish it again, as a courtroom transcript).
The sheer prettiness of it all is at times overwhelming and, with the lights as bright as a hospital, can feel like a ploy for social-media love.
Be specific as to type of mustard.
Choose "Gmail" as the type of account.
The families, some of whom have sued Cinemark, described the invitation as a "thinly veiled publicity ploy" and called for a boycott of the theater.
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