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as in plans
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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as in methods
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 strategies
Include specific time commitments and batch creation strategies.
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Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Even nationally, some activist groups have pushed back against protest strategies that could lead to clashes.
—Tim Sullivan, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2026
More marketers are using regional strategies to tackle the Super Bowl, eager to avoid the high costs of running national ads while trying to target a more specific audience bound by geographic conditions or attitudes.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 29 Jan. 2026
Over the last decade, McDonald’s and Coca-Cola have pursued similar strategies, refranchising their international restaurants and bottlers, respectively, to cut operating costs and lift earnings.
—Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2026
Personalized cancer screening strategies, lifestyle approaches to mitigate risks, robotic tools for cancer surgery and new advances in clinical trials are among the presentations on the agenda.
—Clayton Freeman, Florida Times-Union, 29 Jan. 2026
Both strategies had been wrong.
—Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
Under the new ownership, the brand will evaluate go-to-market strategies for the business with an emphasis on building relationships with retailers.
—Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 29 Jan. 2026
Earlier phases examined high-level safety objectives, passive safety features, cooling systems, containment strategies, and the management of severe accident conditions, with reports from these phases already published.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 23 Jan. 2026
Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Even nationally, some activist groups have pushed back against protest strategies that could lead to clashes.
—Tim Sullivan, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2026
More marketers are using regional strategies to tackle the Super Bowl, eager to avoid the high costs of running national ads while trying to target a more specific audience bound by geographic conditions or attitudes.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 29 Jan. 2026
Over the last decade, McDonald’s and Coca-Cola have pursued similar strategies, refranchising their international restaurants and bottlers, respectively, to cut operating costs and lift earnings.
—Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2026
Personalized cancer screening strategies, lifestyle approaches to mitigate risks, robotic tools for cancer surgery and new advances in clinical trials are among the presentations on the agenda.
—Clayton Freeman, Florida Times-Union, 29 Jan. 2026
Both strategies had been wrong.
—Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
Under the new ownership, the brand will evaluate go-to-market strategies for the business with an emphasis on building relationships with retailers.
—Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 29 Jan. 2026
Earlier phases examined high-level safety objectives, passive safety features, cooling systems, containment strategies, and the management of severe accident conditions, with reports from these phases already published.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 23 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for strategies
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Mike James, general manager of SentryWorld and vice president of Sentry Insurance, and director of golf Danny Rainbow elaborated on the plans for the renovations — to be led Jay Blasi, who oversaw the massive overhaul of the course in 2013.—
Jeff Goudy,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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However, the killing of two people by federal agents in recent weeks has refocused plans.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 Jan. 2026
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Unlike classical supercomputers, which excel at simulations and data-heavy tasks, quantum computers operate on fundamentally different principles, enabling new approaches to solving problems that are considered impractical using traditional computing methods.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Jan. 2026
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There’s a substantial potential market for other methods.—
Ana Castelain,
Bloomberg,
28 Jan. 2026
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The latest blueprints depict mega-campuses built in multiple phases over decades, while existing data centers must be retrofitted for modern AI.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
27 Jan. 2026
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The walls of the restaurant will be covered with Crafty’s police mug shots, wanted posters and blueprints for his wacky fryer inventions.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
27 Jan. 2026
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Psychologists doing research can use these AI personas to perform scientific experiments about the efficacy of mental health methodologies and approaches.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Instead, our hope is to provide a computational architecture for allocating resources and improving responses that also serves as a first step toward more sophisticated approaches for full artificial metacognition.—
Ricky J. Sethi,
The Conversation,
26 Jan. 2026
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Last month, Bass published an opinion piece in the Daily News criticizing the county, pointing out that its new homelessness agency was already proposing cuts to programs that have served the city’s unhoused population.—
David Zahniser,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Jan. 2026
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Nutrition assistance programs, for example, should be unaffected.—
Meg Kinnard,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Jan. 2026
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Experts shared the following natural techniques that can help reduce food noise.—
Shiv Sudhakar,
FOXNews.com,
2 Feb. 2026
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Innovative technologies and techniques at Argonne, including collinear laser spectroscopy, enable accurate studies of rare isotopes.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Feb. 2026
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Nina Gold and Martin Ware build out a Vatican of schemes with the kind of distinctive faces and depth that Leonardo Da Vinci would put in a painting.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
2 Feb. 2026
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In practice, tax-the-rich schemes diminish economic vibrancy.—
Wayne Winegarden,
Oc Register,
1 Feb. 2026
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Psychologists doing research can use these AI personas to perform scientific experiments about the efficacy of mental health methodologies and approaches.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Those unprecedented times inspired a great deal of change, challenging traditional methodologies on a foundational level and opening up the door for bold new voices to take the lead.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
19 Jan. 2026
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“Strategies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strategies. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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