How to Use tactician in a Sentence

tactician

noun
  • This left us with far more scope, not only as a driver, but also as a tactician.
    — John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver, 12 Apr. 2020
  • Seychelle, who’s slowly emerging as a smart tactician, helped set the terms of the game from the jump.
    — Laura Bradley, Vulture, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Rajoy, 62, showed himself to be an adept short-term tactician.
    — Charles Penty, Bloomberg.com, 1 Nov. 2017
  • Trump may be a masterful tactician in the game of me-first-politics.
    — Andreas Kluth, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2026
  • This was the credo of a tactician, a weigher of costs and benefits, who had no patience for child’s play.
    — New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Look, even the savvy tactician Zuckerberg can be horribly wrong.
    — Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2019
  • Yet Klara turns out to be a canny, patient tactician for her friend’s best interests.
    — Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2019
  • Jeannot is both a tactician and a juggernaut, blending technique with his brute strength.
    — Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2026
  • With the deal being done TCU keeps one of the sports’ best recruiters and tacticians in the game.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Just to be able to get a hit, spoil pitches, and with Zack who obviously is a tactician on the mound.
    — Mark Potts, latimes.com, 9 Oct. 2017
  • And his style—more aloof tactician than beloved leader—symbolizes to many what’s been lost on Wall Street.
    — Liz Hoffman, WSJ, 3 May 2018
  • Jim Montgomery proved the right voice and tactician to replace Cassidy.
    — Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Madigan, meanwhile, was long thought by many to be too careful and shrewd of a tactician to ever be caught up in a criminal case.
    — Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, 3 May 2023
  • As a tactician, Stammen, 42, is just starting out.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Bleeding and swollen, Maomao still doesn’t give up and, with the help of court tactician Lakan, manages to make it through.
    — Kayti Burt, Time, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Glasner is an astute tactician who showed an interest in that side of the game in his days as a player in Austria.
    — Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2025
  • The great military tactician seemed a patsy for every scoundrel and proved a woeful judge of character.
    — Karen Heller, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2017
  • That will require some growth from him as an offensive tactician and a more flexible play caller to make sure all those weapons get involved.
    — William Guillory, New York Times, 27 May 2026
  • The judge said competent attorneys need to adhere to court evidence rules and be skilled tacticians.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 21 Feb. 2026
  • The master tactician has found the winning formula for the Premier League and does not want to share it.
    — SI.com, 7 Aug. 2019
  • Nurse, who was promoted last June after five seasons as an assistant, has emerged as one of the league’s top tacticians.
    — Connor Letourneau, SFChronicle.com, 4 June 2019
  • This Ben is a Machiavellian tactician, wrapped up in a pretty boy body with a rumbling inner-squid.
    — Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 11 Jan. 2021
  • No more fitting name to kick off racing on this surface with than trainer Mike Maker, who is a tactician with grass types.
    — Ed Derosa, The Courier-Journal, 28 Apr. 2023
  • But McConnell is as shrewd a tactician as Capitol Hill has ever seen.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 19 Dec. 2019
  • North opened the campaign as the skipper of Enterprise with Burnham as his tactician.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 June 2019
  • The scion of a high-caste family, Shah had trained as a biochemist but excelled as a political tactician.
    — Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Still, despite some of the flaws in his game, McKenna projects as a first-line star winger and dynamic power play tactician.
    — Scott Wheeler, New York Times, 4 May 2026
  • Still, despite some of the flaws in his game, McKenna projects as a first-line star winger and dynamic power-play tactician.
    — Scott Wheeler, New York Times, 3 June 2026
  • The experienced tactician has been in charge of Iran since 2011 and has taken the team to new heights.
    — John Duerden, chicagotribune.com, 20 May 2018
  • Slot was not only seen as a better tactician but also a better communicator.
    — Carl Anka, New York Times, 17 May 2026

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