gamesmanship
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artifice, chicane, chicanery, hanky-panky, jiggery-pokery, jugglery, legerdemain, skulduggery (or skullduggery), subterfuge, trickery, wile
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The vote came after hours of back-and-forth and political gamesmanship on the House floor. — Petra Cahill, NBC News, "House vote, Trump-Epstein tape and Justice Stevens dies at 99: The Morning Rundown," 17 July 2019 Well before Thursdayâs incident during the Cubsâ 11-3 win over the Pirates, there have been plenty of examples of gamesmanship between the managers. — Mark Gonzales, chicagotribune.com, "4 takeaways from the Cubs-Pirates series, including managerial tension and who is the better football player â Joe Maddon or Joe West?," 5 July 2019 Itâs now proven to be one that doesnât play to the level of it opponents, that doesnât get overwhelmed by big occasions and that doesnât get distracted from the game by gamesmanship. — Brian Straus, SI.com, "Mexico Passes Another Kind of World Cup Test in Outlasting South Korea," 23 June 2018 In a 2-2 count, Barnhart wanted a low change-up but there was some gamesmanship. — Bobby Nightengale, Cincinnati.com, "Luis Castillo pitches well, but Oscar Mercado's walk-off single drops Cincinnati Reds," 11 June 2019 Soccer is such a low-scoring sport by comparison with others that the margins for success and failure are particularly small; this means that acts of gamesmanshipâa sly foul here, a cunning dive thereâcan be especially pivotal. — Musa Okwonga, Quartz Africa, "How to make the case for and against VARâvideo assistant refereeâin the beautiful game," 10 June 2019 Other provisions in the amendment would be aimed at preventing gamesmanship by lawmakers who might try to abuse the process. — Matt Ford, The New Republic, "A Better Way to Fix the Supreme Court," 4 June 2019 Thereâs also this â in a postseason full of gamesmanship, would anyone truly be surprised if Embiid walked out to a rocking ovation when starting lineups are introduced? — Dan Gelston, The Seattle Times, "Bad knee makes Embiid doubtful for 76ers in Game 1 vs. Nets," 12 Apr. 2019 Photo: Gilder Lehrman Collection/Bridgeman Images My problem with the Senate is the political gamesmanship. — WSJ, "Two Senators Per State Is the Right Number," 11 Oct. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'gamesmanship.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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