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gambit::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | ploy, stratagem |
| Type of | tactical manoeuvre, maneuver, manoeuvre, tactical maneuver |
gambit::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | chess move |
Examples of gambit
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The AMC gambit could change that pattern while extending China's cultural reach.
From the washingtontimes.com
What he has done is wrong, you just want to justify this as some sort of gambit.
From the economist.com
After more than two years in prison, Mahmood lost his last legal gambit Tuesday.
From the usatoday.com
Each time they tried to foreclose, she said, Reynoso tried another legal gambit.
From the sacbee.com
They try to explain away the budget gambit as a simple clarification of the law.
From the sacbee.com
The gambit resulted in the death of Farrell's Afghan translator, Sultan Munadi.
From the time.com
Clinton's opening gambit is to place the Benghazi attack in historical context.
From the guardian.co.uk
The ultimate gambit to reduce the trade gap has not succeeded, at least so far.
From the time.com
It's very rarely an intentional gambit to hoard information-as-power, she says.
From the forbes.com
- An opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker
- Ploy: a maneuver in a game or conversation
- A chess move early in the game in which the player sacrifices minor pieces in order to obtain an advantageous position
- A gambit (from ancient Italian gambetto, meaning tripping) is a chess opening in which a player, most often White, sacrifices material, usually a pawn, with the hope of achieving a resulting advantageous position. Some well-known examples are the King's Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4), Queen's Gambit (1. ...
- Gambit (Remy Etienne LeBeau) is a fictional character, a Marvel Comics superhero that has been a member of the X-Men. ...
- Gambit (1966) is a film starring Michael Caine and Shirley MacLaine as two criminals involved in an elaborate plot centered on a priceless antiquity from millionaire Mr Shahbandar, played by Herbert Lom. ...
- Gambit is a television game show, created by Wayne Cruseturner and produced by Heatter-Quigley Productions, that aired on CBS from September 4, 1972 to December 10, 1976.
- Lexical items (or lexical unit, lexical entry) are a single word or chain of words that are the basic elements of a language's lexicon (vocabulary). Examples are "cat", "traffic light", "take care of", "by-the-way", and "it's raining cats and dogs". ...
- Gambit is a Nero Wolfe detective novel by Rex Stout, first published by the Viking Press in 1962.
