Ploy and Time

Ploy

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

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Time and ploy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Time" instead a noun "Ploy".

Nearby Word: ployed

Time noun - An exciting or noteworthy event that one experiences firsthand.

Usage example: enjoys telling us about the times he had while he was in the army

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Ploy and time are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ploy" instead a noun "Time".

Nearby Words: timed, timely, timing, timeout, timeliness

good	good ploy	good time
exact	exact ploy	exact time
particular	particular ploy	particular time
better	better ploy	better time
Other adjectives: many, little, final, last.

In Ghostbusters (1984), this ploy fails spectacularly the first time the not-yet-heroes attempt it.

Source: Indy Ploy
Similarly, only giving 45 seconds instead of unlimited time to answer the questions is just a ploy to give away less money, as the contestants have less time to think over the answers.

Source: Padding
Of course, there is no such flood, it's just a ploy to get more time with the carpenter's wife.

Source: Literature / The Canterbury Tales

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