Ostensible reason and Ploy

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Ploy and ostensible reason are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ploy" instead a noun phrase "Ostensible reason".

Ploy noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.

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Ostensible reason and ploy are semantically related. You can use "Ostensible reason" instead a noun "Ploy".

Nearby Word: ployed

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Ploy and Ostensible reason. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/ostensible_reason/ploy

Ostensible reason & Ploy. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/ostensible_reason/ploy>.

Ploy or Ostensible reason. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/ostensible_reason/ploy.

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