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something done to achieve a particular goal
Toddlers use a lot of different tactics to try to get what they want.
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Recent Examples of tactic
More than a year’s worth of internal communications from one of the world’s most active ransomware syndicates have been published online in a leak that exposes tactics, trade secrets, and internal rifts of its members.
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Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 21 Feb. 2025
Israeli officials have attributed this tactic to Mohammed Deif, longtime leader of the Al-Qassam Brigades who was killed in an Israeli raid in Gaza last July.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
Another common tactic is sending phishing links through Teams chats, often disguised as invoices or payment notifications, leading to ransomware infections.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 10 Feb. 2025
But it may have been proposed as a negotiation tactic by Trump, to try to ratchet up pressure on Hamas or as an opening gambit in a bargaining process aimed at securing a normalization deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia.
—Tia Goldenberg, Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2025
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Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 21 Feb. 2025
Israeli officials have attributed this tactic to Mohammed Deif, longtime leader of the Al-Qassam Brigades who was killed in an Israeli raid in Gaza last July.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
Another common tactic is sending phishing links through Teams chats, often disguised as invoices or payment notifications, leading to ransomware infections.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 10 Feb. 2025
But it may have been proposed as a negotiation tactic by Trump, to try to ratchet up pressure on Hamas or as an opening gambit in a bargaining process aimed at securing a normalization deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia.
—Tia Goldenberg, Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tactic
Noun
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These methods work for a coin or two, but would be cumbersome for large deals.—
Dave Birnbaum,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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Its methods raise disturbing questions about how our personal data can be used to manipulate us.—
Corey G. Johnson,
ProPublica,
27 Feb. 2025
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Many surgeons specialize exclusively in hair transplants and consistently refine their techniques.—
Kody Boye,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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Using various natural language processing techniques, AI agents can capture relevant data from emails, phone calls and meetings and put it into the CRM system.—
Gaurav Aggarwal,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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Beavers, who also are monogamous and mate for life, have a different strategy.—
Carl R. Gold,
Baltimore Sun,
19 Feb. 2025
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Incentive use may also be weakening as a sales strategy as elevated interest rates reduce the pool of eligible home buyers.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
19 Feb. 2025
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And as of October, a craft from the European Space Agency is on the way to get an up-close look at the asteroid's remnants.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
20 Feb. 2025
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On the flip side, supplementing with psyllium has been shown to improve IBS symptoms, by way of its poop-regulating effect.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
19 Feb. 2025
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“Tactic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tactic. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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