Antonyms for ploy
plɔɪploy

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1. gambit, ploynoun

   an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker

   Synonyms:
   gambit, stratagem

2. ploy, gambit, stratagemnoun

   a maneuver in a game or conversation

   Synonyms:
   dodge, gambit, contrivance, stratagem

How to use ploy in a sentence?

1. Commissioners Chairman Robb Pitts:

   While I understand the State Elections Board had no choice in this matter, it is still outrageous to see the Big Lie and demands of conspiracy theorists continue to progress, this is the result of a cynical ploy to undermine faith in our elections process and democracy itself -- it is shameful partisan politics at its very worst.

2. One Abuja-based diplomat:

   It's an incoherent mix of people, helicopters and random kit from all sorts of different sources, but there is an element of internal cohesion from the Nigerian army, it appears to be a desperate ploy to get some sort of tactical success up there in six weeks for the electoral boost.

3. Jared Goodman:

   It’s simply a P.R. ploy by SeaWorld to get visitors back into the facilities, manby himself said this isn’t about the whales, it’s about the customers.

4. Eric Lycan:

   The Rubio campaign convinced one station that his Gang of Eight amnesty bill, which turned a blind eye to sanctuary cities and allowed them to continue to flout the law, is somehow different from actively supporting them, this was a Friday afternoon ploy to keep South Carolina voters from hearing the message about Rubio's disastrous record on border security.

5. Lily Eskelsen Garcia:

   The U.S. Supreme Court today rejected a political ploy to silence public employees like teachers, school bus drivers, cafeteria workers, higher education faculty and other educators to work together to shape their profession.

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