Strategem definitions and example sentences on Wordnik

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Well, the Vermont State Employees Association either just came to the realization that this strategem was possible, or simply decided that they were tired of sitting there with their finger on the button while the Douglas Administration continually screwed them over, year after year.

—Green Mountain Daily - Front Page

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Sheer strategem was not the only tool to be used in the operation. — The Divine Wind
Well, the Vermont State Employees Association either just came to the realization that this strategem was possible, or simply decided that they were tired of sitting there with their finger on the button while the Douglas Administration continually screwed them over, year after year. — Green Mountain Daily - Front Page
Perhaps a Lab reader could translate the physics into some practical guidance, but I have to wonder if this discovery would be most useful as an updated version of the classic gamesmanship strategem of asking your opponent if he or she inhales or exhales on the backswing. — TierneyLab
Last year the reaction to ADM's call caught the union on the hop and for good reasons perhaps at the time the left went along with the leadership's strategem to wriggle out of it. — Harry's Place
It has produced a prolonged piece of failed political strategem, targeting Israel, which has brought nothing but suffering to all involved. — BadEagle.com