gamesmanship
noun
games·man·ship
ˈgāmz-mən-ˌship 
1
: the art or practice of winning games by questionable expedients without actually violating the rules
2
: the use of ethically dubious methods to gain an objective
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Examples of gamesmanship in a Sentence
They blur the line between gamesmanship and cheating.
that author doesn't go in for literary gamesmanship, so the reader is never led astray by the novel's narrator
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Other residents expressed unease that Harford is being used for political gamesmanship.
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Matt Hubbard, Baltimore Sun, 22 June 2024
That agenda, if followed dutifully, could reflect a clearer representation of voters’ aggregate interests that one created by a human susceptible to self-interest and political gamesmanship.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 12 June 2024
What starts as a one-time sunset could all too easily become a biennial legislative Christmas tree certain to be weaponized for partisan political gamesmanship.
—Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 22 May 2024
However, the visitors had the upper hand with any gamesmanship, with Hoskins going 3-for-4 with a two-run homer, a two-run double, two runs scored and a walk as the DH in Milwaukee’s Saturday win.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2024
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Matt Hubbard, Baltimore Sun, 22 June 2024
That agenda, if followed dutifully, could reflect a clearer representation of voters’ aggregate interests that one created by a human susceptible to self-interest and political gamesmanship.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 12 June 2024
What starts as a one-time sunset could all too easily become a biennial legislative Christmas tree certain to be weaponized for partisan political gamesmanship.
—Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 22 May 2024
However, the visitors had the upper hand with any gamesmanship, with Hoskins going 3-for-4 with a two-run homer, a two-run double, two runs scored and a walk as the DH in Milwaukee’s Saturday win.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2024
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“Gamesmanship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gamesmanship. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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