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arrangement, blueprint, design, game, game plan, ground plan, master plan, plan, program, project, road map, scheme, system
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Trump’s shifting timetable for pulling U.S. troops out of Syria has left allies and other players in the region confused and jockeying for influence over a withdrawal strategy that appeared to be a work in progress. — Zeke Miller, The Seattle Times, "Turkey slams US request for assurances on Syrian Kurds," 8 Jan. 2019 Christmas Day calls for merrymaking, plenty of family time—and, most importantly, a zero-maintenance beauty strategy. — Jenna Rennert, Vogue, "The 9 Best Red Lipsticks of All Time for Christmas and Beyond," 25 Dec. 2018 Further Reading Verizon has a new strategy to undermine online privacy and net neutrality Verizon purchased AOL in June 2015; AOL is now part of a Verizon subsidiary called Oath, which also includes Yahoo. — Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, "Verizon/AOL helped advertisers track kids online, must now pay $5M fine," 4 Dec. 2018 With the clock ticking, rising waters threatening and the world raptly looking on, rescue workers were trying to settle on a strategy to rescue the young Thai soccer players who've been trapped in a cave for two weeks. — Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Fox News, "Thai soccer team rescue might need to happen sooner than expected, experts warn," 2 Oct. 2018 This means the crew can spend more time handling the overall strategy and mission of a flight and less time dealing with all the small sub-problems of piloting an aircraft. — Alyson Behr, Ars Technica, "More than an auto-pilot, AI charts its course in aviation," 5 Dec. 2018 Smith has railed against McMaster’s plea that South Carolinians have patience with the administration’s overall tariff strategy. — Meg Kinnard, The Seattle Times, "South Carolina governor candidates clash in final debate," 25 Oct. 2018 An ancient subsistence strategy was starting to vanish. — Mark Barna, Discover Magazine, "When Farmers and Foragers First Met," 24 Oct. 2018 Of course, there's rarely any official talk from sources going on record, but that's part of the overall media strategy not to discuss seemingly frivolous gossip. — Katherine J. Igoe, Marie Claire, "The Ultimate Guide to the Royal Family," 19 Dec. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'strategy.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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strategy
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English Language Learners Definition of strategy
: a careful plan or method for achieving a particular goal usually over a long period of time
: the skill of making or carrying out plans to achieve a goal
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