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charm offensives

charm offensives is the plural of charm offensive.

Meaning of charm offensive

Noun

charm offensive (plural charm offensives)

  1. (idiomatic) A campaign of deliberately using charm and flattery in order to achieve some goal, especially in a political or diplomatic field.
    • Putin’s speech was a culmination of the Kremlin’s two-day charm offensive with China, aimed at cementing ties between the two countries amid Russia’s growing isolation from the west.2023 March 21, Pjotr Sauer, “Putin’s two-day charm offensive with Xi underlines who’s boss”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Questions about charm offensives

What is charm offensives the plural of?
Charm offensives is the plural of charm offensive.

Words near charm offensives in the dictionary

  1. charm a bird off a branch
  2. charm bracelet
  3. charm bracelets
  4. Charm City
  5. charm offensive
  6. charm offensives
  7. charm pricing
  8. charm quark
  9. charm quarks
  10. charm school
  11. charm schools

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