1
as in plan
a method worked out in advance for achieving some objective
a statewide strategy to raise students' achievement test scores over the next three years
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2
as in approach
the means or procedure for doing something
you'll need a better strategy than just knocking on doors if you want to sell that many magazines
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Recent Examples of strategy
The most effective turnarounds stay narrow at first, targeting visible wins that prove the strategy is working.
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Daniel Schmeltz, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2025
San Sebastián is where Basque cinema’s strategy plays out at scale.
—Callum McLennan, Variety, 22 Sep. 2025
The company is working with a third-party consultant on a strategy that is primarily based on the Circular Economy framework and principles of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 22 Sep. 2025
Dataminr’s proprietary LLMs analyze real-time events at such speed that whole new strata of planning and strategy become possible.
—Mike Hodgkinson, Big Think, 22 Sep. 2025
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Daniel Schmeltz, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2025
San Sebastián is where Basque cinema’s strategy plays out at scale.
—Callum McLennan, Variety, 22 Sep. 2025
The company is working with a third-party consultant on a strategy that is primarily based on the Circular Economy framework and principles of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 22 Sep. 2025
Dataminr’s proprietary LLMs analyze real-time events at such speed that whole new strata of planning and strategy become possible.
—Mike Hodgkinson, Big Think, 22 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for strategy
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If all goes according to plan today, the Falcon 9's upper stage will deploy IMAP into an interplanetary transfer orbit about 84 minutes after launch.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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For House Republicans in swing districts, this could be a risky game — particularly those who have encouraged GOP leadership to move forward with a plan to address the expiring subsidies that won’t lead to skyrocketing healthcare costs for their constituents.—
Rachel Schilke,
The Washington Examiner,
24 Sep. 2025
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HydroSpread’s approach allows scientists to produce delicate, floating devices that would have been difficult or impossible to make using conventional methods.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Sep. 2025
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That was the American approach in 2018, even though the players chosen were notoriously wide off the tee, an unsuitable style for a famously narrow Paris course.—
Don Riddell,
CNN Money,
25 Sep. 2025
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What once felt like a limitation became the blueprint for a brand-new language of fitness.—
Matt Emma,
USA Today,
23 Sep. 2025
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The blueprint for victory in Australia looks simple on paper — score big runs, catch all your catches, take 20 wickets per match — but much harder to do in practice; particularly that last bit.—
James Wallace,
New York Times,
22 Sep. 2025
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Viewers may cast up to 10 votes per voting method, with a maximum of 20 votes per couple each week.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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The third method is similar to that last one, with the difference being that any changes stemming from reassessments are immediately recognised in the club’s profit or loss account.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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The over five-hour program doubled as a rallying point for political activism, as 500 volunteers with the organization’s political arm fanned out along the security lines with clipboards and registration forms, determined to turn mourning into mobilization.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
25 Sep. 2025
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As part of his rehab program, Tucker resumed running Monday and continued that agility work on the bases before Tuesday’s 9-7 loss to the New York Mets at Wrigley Field.—
Patrick Mooney,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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Iñaki Gaztelumendi, the screen tourism expert leading the initiative, presented the new methodology during the event.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
24 Sep. 2025
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The study’s results uphold the methodology used to create the annual EWG’s Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides and Produce and support its guidance on how people might reduce their exposure to a number of pesticides, Temkin added.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
24 Sep. 2025
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The company tracks emissions transparently, prioritizes reduction over offsetting, and ensures compliance with recycling and producer responsibility schemes in every market.—
Dianne Plummer,
Forbes.com,
20 Sep. 2025
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Youth are especially vulnerable to these schemes, particularly on social media, experts say.—
Nancy Cutler,
USA Today,
20 Sep. 2025
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The rule, rooted in National Dance Council of America standards, aims to preserve the integrity of competitive ballroom technique and ensure fairness across all age groups and abilities.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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The defense had sought to have the key evidence excluded since it was involved the use of whole genome sequencing, a technique not previously admitted in a criminal trial in New York.—
Aaron Katersky,
ABC News,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Strategy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strategy. Accessed 27 Sep. 2025.
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