strategist

noun strat·e·gist \ ˈstra-tə-jist \

|Updated on: 12 Aug 2018

Definition of strategist

: a person skilled in strategy

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Recent Examples of strategist from the Web

Still, a 2018 audience will probably be startled when an out-of-control Stanton campaign strategist, played by Billy Bob Thornton, unzips his pants in the office as a come-on to an attractive woman.

— caryn james, The Hollywood Reporter, "Critic's Notebook: The Prescient Political Films of 1998," 27 June 2018
Data analysis company Data Propria, led by a former Cambridge Analytica strategist, is reportedly working on President Donald Trump’s 2020 re-election campaign.

— adi robertson, The Verge, "Trump’s 2020 campaign is reportedly using former Cambridge Analytica employees to target voters," 15 June 2018
With net neutrality set to end on June 11, the commentator, strategist, and communications pro fears what could happen without the policy that makes sure everyone has equal access to sharing content on the Internet.

— lucy diavolo, Teen Vogue, "Symone D. Sanders Thinks the End of Net Neutrality Is a Threat to Activists and Candidates," 11 June 2018
Eric Beach, Ward's campaign strategist, refused to discuss on Friday Ward's conversation with Trump, even though the candidate herself talked openly about it in her pitch to voters.

— yvonne wingett sanchez, azcentral, "Kelli Ward: Donald Trump told me Joe Arpaio 'shouldn't get in' the U.S. Senate race," 1 June 2018
Vernā Myers is an inclusion strategist, cultural innovator, thought leader, social commentator and author.

— refinery29.com, "5 Things I Learned In Black Church," 21 May 2018
California Democratic strategist Kate Maeder — who was a top organizer in the Ready for Hillary organization that presaged Clinton’s campaign — isn’t a Comey fan and isn’t going to the Curran.

— joe garofoli, San Francisco Chronicle, "On SF stop, James Comey unites partisans — against him," 22 Apr. 2018
Adding to the links with Cambridge Analytica, which Trump’s campaign has sought to downplay, the president’s former campaign chief executive and White House chief strategist, Steve Bannon, was a top executive at the firm when the data was collected.

— jason le miere, Newsweek, "Was Trump a ‘Puppet’? Cambridge Analytica Previously Tested Americans’ Views on Putin, Wall, Swamp: Report," 21 Mar. 2018
Timothy Ash, a senior sovereign strategist at BlueBay Asset Management, told CNN.

— zeeshan aleem, Vox, "The UK could seriously punish Russia for the spy attack. Here’s why it probably won’t.," 16 Mar. 2018

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