Thesaurus results for STRATEGIES

strategies

noun

plural of strategy

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 Roughly 30% of the ballots cast in the 2024 general election were submitted by mail, and Democrats have increasingly pursued vote-by-mail strategies, in contrast with Republicans. — Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026 The program for children at risk of violence provided mentorship, summer camps, job training, and nonpolice strategies such as neighborhood beautification projects and community center programs. — Yona Gavino, Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026 County commissions and development authorities that opt in will have access to site evaluation tools, community engagement guidance and data center recruitment strategies. — Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 25 Aug. 2026 This can be based on negative memories of school or never being taught good test-taking strategies. — Jennifer D. Kobrin, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026 This ensures that women are given clear, practical, and sustainable health and fitness strategies that provide direction without overwhelm. — Nia Bowers, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026 However, there are strategies to address that concern, even if saving more isn't possible. — Liz Knueven, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2026 The summer crime spike in Boston has Councilor Brian Worrell looking to strategies used in Baltimore, a city long known for violence, for ways to get a handle on recent homicides and mass shootings throughout the Hub. — Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 24 Aug. 2026 Many countries will benefit from similar hedgehog strategies that draw on the technological revolution favoring defense, insulating their territories against contagion. — Mark Leonard, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026

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In December, Australia became the first country to ban social media for kids under 16, and countries including Brazil, Canada, the United Kingdom, Turkey and Indonesia have since enacted or approved similar plans.

— Rachel Hale, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
Several Kansas City community leaders are calling for residents to have a meaningful role in selecting the city’s next police chief, weeks after Stacey Graves announced plans to retire next year.

— Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of plans

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British Prime Minister Andy Burnham is handing Ukraine the blueprints to a valuable piece of his country’s military technology, thumbing his nose at a Kremlin that says the United Kingdom is now a party in the conflict.

— Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 24 Aug. 2026
Forward-looking brands and retailers are drawing up blueprints for the next demographic frontier — the tiniest tots born between 2025 and 2039.

— Faye Brookman, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of blueprints

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Manouzi sees her Dearborn clients as especially entrepreneurial, with a willingness to test new, innovative approaches that might boost sales, or, for a restaurant business, bring diners into a space.

— Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Korean officials have tried a variety of national- and local-level approaches to reverse falling birth rates.

— Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of approaches

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At the same time, many of these tech companies, like Microsoft and IBM, have been providing accessible professional certificate programs to workers across the globe in hopes of closing the skills gap.

— Charlotte Hu, Time, 26 Aug. 2026
In addition to multiple scholarship donations and programs, Parton also mobilized over the years after natural disasters affected both her home state and surrounding areas.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of programs

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Despite the different grain bill, Jack Daniel’s hasn't abandoned some of the techniques closely associated with its Tennessee whiskey.

— Emily Price, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
The institute will examine microstructure measurement using soft X-rays while advancing information science techniques for X-ray analysis.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of techniques

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Along the way, there are before-and-after floor plans, garden schemes, and a recipe for Meyers Family Hot Fudge.

— Ingrid Abramovitch, Architectural Digest, 25 Aug. 2026
Their protection schemes might expect edge rushers, but both Van Ginkel and Turner could drift backward, making the interior more susceptible.

— Alec Lewis, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of schemes

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This collaboration brings together Chiyoda’s engineering strength in high-pressure facility design with Sage’s subsurface methodologies.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2026
But the Green Book plots Ecobalyse points, PEF micropoints and Higg scores together despite their different units and methodologies.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026