How to Use tactician in a Sentence

tactician

noun
Definition of tacticiannext
  • This is the art of the tactician but also the novelist.
    — Parul Sehgal, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2020
  • Alex Forsyth, a true tactician, appears likely to step in for Shane Lemieux at left guard for the Ducks in 2020.
    — oregonlive, 8 Jan. 2020
  • The fact that De Jong has now won Xavi's confidence means the 26-year-old wants to march on and repay the tactician's faith in him.
    — Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 16 July 2023
  • 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
  • The master tactician has found the winning formula for the Premier League and does not want to share it.
    — SI.com, 7 Aug. 2019
  • P.J. Fleck has proven himself as a tactician — and salesman — through his rapid rise up the coaching ranks.
    — Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 6 Jan. 2017
  • Pelosi—the first woman to lead her party in Congress and the first female Speaker of the House—has long been known as a shrewd tactician.
    — By michael Luo, The New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2019
  • In many ways, while Shankly picked the team and handled the motivational side of the job, Paisley was the tactician.
    — SI.com, 5 Aug. 2019
  • There’s no telling what new Tampa Bay coach Bruce Arians, one of the game’s better tacticians, has in store for the 49ers.
    — Jon Becker, The Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2019
  • 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
  • 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
  • Jim Montgomery proved the right voice and tactician to replace Cassidy.
    — Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Jan. 2023
  • 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
  • After his first arrests, S.N.C.C. recruited him to be a tactician for the group.
    — Sam Roberts, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2018
  • Rajoy, 62, showed himself to be an adept short-term tactician.
    — Charles Penty, Bloomberg.com, 1 Nov. 2017
  • But as long as the Blues stay in the title race, Sarri the grizzled old tactician will carry that new-manager sheen.
    — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 19 Oct. 2018
  • Emmy Stuart worked the bow while Brad Julian served as tactician and trimmer for Horowitz.
    — baltimoresun.com, 18 June 2017
  • 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
  • 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
  • Ainslie, a reserve helmsman for Oracle at the start of the race, was brought on board as a tactician with Team New Zealand out to a dominant start.
    — Christopher Clarey, New York Times, 25 May 2017
  • Yet Klara turns out to be a canny, patient tactician for her friend’s best interests.
    — Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2019
  • Sampson, whose reputation for being a master tactician was stretched to the limit, tried to get the guard-heavy Cougars to go to the basket more in the second half.
    — Dave Skretta, ajc, 4 Apr. 2021
  • This Ben is a Machiavellian tactician, wrapped up in a pretty boy body with a rumbling inner-squid.
    — Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 11 Jan. 2021
  • Look, even the savvy tactician Zuckerberg can be horribly wrong.
    — Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2019
  • 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
  • Dennis Conner then lured me away to be involved in America’s Cup effort as the tactician on his ‘B’ boat.
    — Bill Center, sandiegouniontribune.com, 29 Jan. 2018
  • 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
  • That is, a disciplined, cold-blooded tactician whose only goal is to beat the other party.
    — Ben Joravsky, Chicago Reader, 11 June 2018
  • Talks between Sarri and Chelsea have been ongoing for weeks and, as per the report, the Blues were prepared to offer the Italian tactician a two-year contract.
    — SI.com, 5 June 2018

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