strategized (about)

verb

past tense of strategize (about)
as in planned
to work out the details of (something) in advance strategized about how they would arrange seating if the event had to be moved inside

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for strategized (about)
  1. planned
  2. prepared
  3. designed
  4. organized
  5. calculated
  6. arranged
  7. plotted
Verb
  • Player sales — which are planned for, are made on Newcastle’s terms and, where possible, at the point of maximum value — have become integral.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 18 July 2026
  • The pair had planned on getting engaged soon, Sarah Milgrim’s father, Robert Milgrim, previously told The Star.
    — Caroline Zimmerman July 17, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2026
Definition of planned
Verb
  • Residents in these areas are encouraged to be prepared in case an evacuation is issued.
    — Christa Swanson, CBS News, 13 July 2026
  • Before opening her store, Altshuler had prepared three hundred and sixty jars of pickles to sell, and eventually started giving them away to people who donated books.
    — Emma Allen, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
Definition of prepared
Verb
  • Louis Vuitton just unveiled its 2026 FIFA World Cup Trophy Trunk on Tuesday, marking the fifth time the luxury house has designed such a case for the international tournament.
    — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 14 July 2026
  • Meow Wolf, various locations Each Meow Wolf is its own interactive world designed by dozens of artists.
    — Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 14 July 2026
Definition of designed
Verb
  • Curator Nadine Hounkpatin, who organized the wider exhibition at Arles in which Phan’s images appear, has said that the body of work illustrates the kind of deeper truth-telling photography can do.
    — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
  • Former Baltimore Ravens cornerback Kyle Arrington, who is now a community activist in Maryland, spent nearly two decades with every hour of his day organized around football.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 July 2026
Definition of organized
Verb
  • In 2018, Picard and his colleagues released the mitochondrial health index — a molecular measure of mitochondria’s capacity to transform energy, calculated by extracting the organelles from a tissue sample and quantifying their contents.
    — Rachel Nuwer, Quanta Magazine, 17 July 2026
  • Then, building from this methodology, the top 30% (on average) of general acute care hospitals in each state were calculated.
    — Rachel Rabkin Peachman, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of calculated
Verb
  • The original design featured 13 stripes representing the colonies and 13 stars arranged in a circle to symbolize equality among them.
    — Pete Cuddihy, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026
  • The floorplan is arranged with a clear separation between the living areas and private sleeping quarters of the home.
    — Bridget Borgobello July 03, New Atlas, 4 July 2026
Definition of arranged
Verb
  • Not a particularly easy watch, to say the least, the complexly plotted film leans into the madness, and intense brutality experienced by the characters.
    — Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 13 July 2026
  • So Japanese engineers and scientists plotted out an operations plan that would extend over the next decade and visit two more asteroids.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 6 July 2026
Definition of plotted
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“Strategized (about).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strategized%20%28about%29. Accessed 19 Jul. 2026.

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