tactic

[ˈtæktɪk]

Definition:
1. A plan for attaining a particular goal.

'tactic' example sentence:

1. Fires were started by the prisoners as a diversionary tactic.
2. A tactic, however, is not a principle.
3. Different circumstances call for different tactics.
4. Socially, it may be a good tactic to hide our true emotions, but morally it is also a breach of faith and trust.
5. The infantry would use hit and run tactics to slow attacking forces.
6. A clear split over tactics appears to be emerging between doves and hawks in the party.
7. They were aware of the severe shortcomings in their tactics.
8. Bina believes that brands need to readdress their exclusivity tactic.
9. The tactic could well help invigorate a struggling campaign.
10. He can claim to have been defeated by opponents copying his own tactics.
11. It is a tactic.
12. Without an action, what would a tactic be?
13. We must use shock tactics if we are to stop Aids becoming another accepted 20th-century disease.
14. Fear is not always a negative tactic.
15. His opportunity to re-establish himself had been nobbled by the manager's tactics.
16. The President's tactics could backfire.
17. Given the presence of the virus, the trees' defensive tactic apparently has backfired.
18. But now she's trying a new tactic.
19. He pressed on in the hope that a few others would join him. The tactic paid off.
20. It's time to try a change of tactic.
21. Is breakfast a necessary start to the day or a marketing tactic by cereal companies?
22. 'Ha, ha,' everyone guffawed. 'It's one of Viv's shock tactics.'
23. I dare say it's just a business tactic.
24. Every tactic must suit the strategy.
25. A change of heart, or of tactic?
26. He insists that QE is an effective tactic.
27. Over the years he sparred with his friend Jesse Jackson over political tactics.
28. This public naming and shaming is a new tactic.
29. You have probably heard of this tactic before.
30. They used pressure tactics to force them to return, including cutting food and water supplies.
31. The tactic never really works.
32. Doubtless such talk is mostly a negotiating tactic.
33. This was the first time he'd used the card tactic.
34. But that tactic no longer works.
35. Confrontation is not always the best tactic.
36. It's thought the fires were started by the prisoners as a diversionary tactic.
37. Some people accuse the tax inspectors of bully-boy tactics.
38. Civility is not a tactic or a sentiment.
39. It's a well-tried tactic to play down public expectations in advance of a superpower summit.
40. It's a shrewd tactic.
41. The money has been recovered without resorting to verbal abuse or strong-arm tactics.
42. What sort of tactics will the President use to rally the people behind him?
43. Yet it is a bizarre tactic.
44. There had been two strands to his tactics.
45. Mr. Yang was planning another tactic to stall by making everything complicated.
46. Most people disapprove of such violent tactics.
47. One tactic involves where to display the goods.
48. Haig was limited by his blinkered approach to strategy and tactics.
49. Ministers are using delaying tactics to postpone the report yet again.
50. His tactics were to entangle the opposition in a web of parliamentary procedure.
51. The tactic is a bit complicated for a brief article, but the basic idea is to attach each digit to a specific consonant.
52. Their tactics have been copied by other terrorist organizations.
53. The manager discussed tactics with his team.
54. The tactics the police are now to employ are definitely uncompromising.
55. This was just the latest in a series of delaying tactics.
56. Readers of this overheated but often on-the-mark polemic will conclude that the safest tactic is organic food and a fly swatter.
57. The group have frequently used bully-boy tactics.
58. The tactics employed can range from overt bullying to subtle emotional blackmail.