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of great importance especially to the future or outcome of something
This is a strategic goal that could make or break the company.
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Recent Examples of strategic
Resist short-term pressure by waiting for meaningful data before making strategic pivots.
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Karl Moore, Forbes.com, 24 Oct. 2025
The strategic placement of Gate M Huazhimen in Huajing Town, Xuhui District, is no coincidence.
—Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2025
That all being said, a CEO vacancy is also often the perfect time to explore strategic alternatives, and Jana is still urging the company to evaluate a potential sale of underperforming parks and/or the entire company.
—Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025
This collaboration follows a series of strategic ambassador partnerships for Psycho Bunny across tennis, golf and lifestyle.
—Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 24 Oct. 2025
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Karl Moore, Forbes.com, 24 Oct. 2025
The strategic placement of Gate M Huazhimen in Huajing Town, Xuhui District, is no coincidence.
—Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2025
That all being said, a CEO vacancy is also often the perfect time to explore strategic alternatives, and Jana is still urging the company to evaluate a potential sale of underperforming parks and/or the entire company.
—Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025
This collaboration follows a series of strategic ambassador partnerships for Psycho Bunny across tennis, golf and lifestyle.
—Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 24 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for strategic
Adjective
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The Bosu ball squat also works your abdominal muscles as well as your hip and ankle stabilizers, which play a key role in keeping you steady.—
Jakob Roze,
Health,
31 Oct. 2025
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Traditionally, one of the key justifications for teamwork has been its psychological benefits—the energy that comes from collaboration, the reduced stress of shared responsibility, the excitement of building on each other’s ideas.—
François Candelon,
Fortune,
31 Oct. 2025
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Like coral reefs, these oyster reefs played crucial ecological roles, providing habitat and nurseries for many other species and filtering vast volumes of water.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
31 Oct. 2025
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Bowen, Paqueta and Fullkrug are internationals for their respective countries and their experience in the crucial stages of the season could prove key.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2025
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Black Americans were at a critical juncture.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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After the war, Riefenstahl’s career included invitations to film festivals and critical praise, a lovely lake home in Bavaria, and snarling attacks on anyone who questioned her lies.—
Sally Jenkins,
The Atlantic,
27 Oct. 2025
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But a Dodgers win in Game 6 would force a decisive Game 7 and keep Los Angeles' back-to-back championship hopes alive.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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In the years since, the battle’s decisive tactics have been closely studied, but archaeologists from the University of Glasgow and the National Trust for Scotland recently discovered an array of physical relics from the deadly conflict.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
30 Oct. 2025
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The Oceans 11 star said that being in such close proximity to major stars taught him an important lesson early in his career.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
26 Oct. 2025
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Later, Owsley Brown II served as board president during major funding drives to build the theater's facilities.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
26 Oct. 2025
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Here’s a collection of our stories from the Dodgers’ most pivotal moments in 2025.—
Levi Weaver,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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Midway through November, however, Chicago will face Minnesota again in what should be a pivotal matchup, and safety Jaquan Brisker is already prepared for it.—
Matthew Schmidt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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While the Hong Kong listing should enhance the company’s liquidity and visibility, Zephirin added that a valuation re-rating is unlikely without meaningful gains in capital efficiency or strategy execution.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
28 Oct. 2025
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For Watt, the event was both festive and deeply meaningful.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Strategic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strategic. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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