How to Use tactics in a Sentence

tactics

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  • Democrats shouldn’t support short-term tactics that fuel the fire set by Mr. Trump.
    — Tim Roemer, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2022
  • The fact that these tactics fall short isn’t an issue for humans and humans alone.
    — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 26 Jan. 2023
  • So, the monks devised a battery of tactics to counteract the many forces that torqued their minds.
    — Jamie Kreiner, Time, 5 Jan. 2023
  • What precedent is there for these kinds of local tactics?
    — Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Lopez questioned whether those tactics are being used against groups like NSC-131.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2022
  • Perhaps the winner will be the team that manages to stick to those tactics, rather than being sucked in and pushing too far forward.
    — James Robson, ajc, 17 Dec. 2022
  • Non-lethal tactics were used, but those proved unsuccessful as well, the patrol said.
    — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 12 Aug. 2022
  • These tactics can cut training time and costs for businesses.
    — Daniel Fallmann, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2023
  • The tactics led Leonard and George to pass at much higher rates than their season average — in Leonard’s case, more than double — during the trip.
    — Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2023
  • The resilience of the ancient grapes may be the result of Middle Age winemakers’ farming tactics.
    — Ian Mount, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Twitter isn’t the first company that witnessed Elon Musk use those tactics.
    — Jeremy W. Peters, New York Times, 10 Dec. 2022
  • At past World Cups, squads have had about a month between the end of the league season and the start of the tournament to build chemistry, put tactics in place, and get their act together in friendlies.
    — Jody Rosen, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2022
  • The secrets of being a great manager — strategies and tactics that get results.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 1 Sep. 2022
  • But these tactics have come at a high price for local populations.
    — Elian Peltier, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Candidates have used these tactics dating back to Nixon with mixed results.
    — Phillip Nieto, Fox News, 2 Nov. 2022
  • Our job is to develop strategies and tactics on behalf of our clients, but only with the proper guidance.
    — Nancy Marshall, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2022
  • The game came down to tactics as much as individual brilliance.
    — Frank Dell'apa, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Nov. 2022
  • Good training, great tactics and brave soldiers are critical, but without weapons, food and fuel, armies grind to a halt.
    — Mark T. Kimmitt, WSJ, 1 Sep. 2022
  • The curriculum teaches officers about Columbine and the shift in police response tactics since then, as well as the mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Fla., in 2018.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 28 May 2022
  • Some felt the organizers’ tactics, such as picketing in front of the restaurants and the owner’s house, were too aggressive.
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2022
  • For anyone who is skeptical about B2C tactics having value for B2B marketers, note that the devil is in the details.
    — Dee Blohm, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2022
  • There are a multitude of tactics that teams around the league have used successfully this season to achieve that disruption.
    — Nick Kehoe, Dallas News, 12 Jan. 2023
  • However, viewers will still be able to cast their votes on which couple should win, thanks to some strategic filming tactics from the production side.
    — Alicia Vrajlal, refinery29.com, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Far-left activists have vowed to use extreme — and sometimes violent — tactics to pressure those linked to the facility to cut ties with the effort.
    — al, 27 Sep. 2022
  • From race to race, Wolff and Horner snipe at each other’s tactics, drivers, budgets, and respective adherence to the sport’s ever-changing rules.
    — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2022
  • Welcome to the era of good-cop, bad-cop tactics from major government institutions.
    — Judy Shelton, WSJ, 1 Sep. 2022
  • Noah Zandan is the author of Insights into Influence, a bestselling book on the strategies, tactics, and secrets of world class leaders.
    — Michael Gale, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2022
  • But rather than pieces on a board moving in accordance with a larger purpose, the conflict in All Quiet on the Western Front feels like it’s all tactics and no strategy.
    — Andy Meek, BGR, 16 Oct. 2022
  • The regime has been using violent tactics on the streets in an attempt to suppress anti-government protests that have caused upheaval for almost three months.
    — Alexander Smith, NBC News, 8 Dec. 2022
  • While the Red Dog unit’s heavy-handed tactics would become a focus of scrutiny later, the real crisis of her tenure centered on the narcotics squad.
    — Safia Samee Ali, NBC News, 2 Feb. 2023

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