as in switcheroo
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a selling method in which a customer is attracted by the advertisement of a low-priced product but then is encouraged to buy a more expensive one
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Recent Examples of bait and switch
The fake movie would be promoted and then audiences would get the bait and switch of a lifetime in the theater.
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Zack Sharf, Variety, 25 July 2024
This one’s cheerfully grandiose title is, unsurprisingly, a bait and switch: These are sad songs, small in scope and size (none run past four minutes).
—Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 4 July 2024
It was passed because hundreds of thousands of people are duped into bait and switch contracts with variable rates.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 6 May 2024
This was the essential bait and switch of couples therapy.
—Leslie Jamison, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
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Zack Sharf, Variety, 25 July 2024
This one’s cheerfully grandiose title is, unsurprisingly, a bait and switch: These are sad songs, small in scope and size (none run past four minutes).
—Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 4 July 2024
It was passed because hundreds of thousands of people are duped into bait and switch contracts with variable rates.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 6 May 2024
This was the essential bait and switch of couples therapy.
—Leslie Jamison, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
See all Example Sentences for bait and switch
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bait and switch
Noun
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Trump’s proposed geographic switcheroo was greeted with widespread derision in Mexico and throughout Latin America.—
Patrick J. McDonnell,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2025
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All in the Family Mini Kim and mini Khloé pulled a switcheroo with their T-shirts — a favorite pastime of theirs, according to Khloé who posted this adorable pic.—
Andrea Wurzburger,
People.com,
15 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Investors will look for signs of a turnaround in this report.—
Fred Imbert,
CNBC,
2 Feb. 2025
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This follows a disappointing 2024 season, wherein Busch and his fanbase have yearned for a turnaround from his first winless season of his career since 2004.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
2 Feb. 2025
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Trump, who once harshly criticized TikTok, flip-flopped to sign an executive order on his first day in office delaying for 75 days the enforcement of the law.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
7 Feb. 2025
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As anyone who’s spent a day in flimsy flip-flops or sky-high heels knows, the wrong shoes don’t just hurt your feet.—
Sara Coughlin,
SELF,
7 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The move by the Trump administration is a turnabout of a long-standing U.S. policy that has extended TPS to more than a half million Venezuelans.—
Greg Allen,
NPR,
4 Feb. 2025
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But the turnabout didn't entirely make clear what happens next.—
Maya Goldman,
Axios,
30 Jan. 2025
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So the practice of love turns on a renunciation of control.—
Sean Illing,
Vox,
9 Dec. 2024
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Syria The large question hanging over our Syria policy is whether the rebel group chiefly responsible for toppling the Assad regime, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or Organization for the Liberation of the Levant, is sincere in its renunciation of terrorism and Taliban-style Islamism.—
Bret Stephens,
The Mercury News,
12 Dec. 2024
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Read More: How Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister Pushed Through Asia’s First Cannabis Legalization Cannabis advocacy groups and businesses have voiced their opposition to the policy volte-face, staging rallies and threatening a legal challenge against the premier.—
Pathom Sangwongwanich / Bloomberg,
TIME,
27 June 2024
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The policy volte-face is another blow to Thailand’s nascent cannabis industry after decriminalization was pitched as a way to boost agricultural income and wellness tourism.—
TIME,
TIME,
10 May 2024
Noun
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Subscriptions like Billie cover this for you without a second thought.—
Sabina Wizemann,
Good Housekeeping,
30 Nov. 2022
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In America, the allure of material comfort is accepted without a second thought.—
Sarah Zhang,
The Atlantic,
20 Nov. 2022
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But the instant retraction of much of the world’s food and health-care infrastructure will create damage that cannot be undone.—
Hana Kiros,
The Atlantic,
5 Feb. 2025
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By the time the retraction went public, Kevin Smith had resigned as the ERLC's executive committee chair and from its board.—
Melissa Brown,
The Tennessean,
23 July 2024
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“Bait and switch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bait%20and%20switch. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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