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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
  • The tribute and the timing — Bell is in pre-production for Free Fall, a thriller planned as her feature debut as a director — felt perfect.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Alabama originally planned to execute Lee on June 11 using nitrogen gas, a relatively new execution method the state tested for the first time in early 2024.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of planned
Verb
  • Both coaching staffs believed their teams were prepared for a four-quarter battle.
    — Abbygail Granados, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Sep. 2026
  • As a result, the average price for a Lakers ticket could rise from $217 to $361 within the next two years, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday, citing documents prepared for potential investors.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of prepared
Verb
  • The factory reportedly uses flexible production lines designed to meet the requirements of its customers.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Even the best helmets and other gear can give a false sense of security, Nowinski says, because they’re primarily designed to reduce skull fracture and linear acceleration, not the rotational acceleration that leads to CTE.
    — Alexandra Pattillo, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of designed
Verb
  • But up- and downriver outside the park, much of the land is owned by private landowners, many of whom have organized against the government’s efforts.
    — Rebecca Santana, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The show is overseen by MAM artistic director Shai Baitel, who has also organized exhibitions of Marina Abramović, Bob Dylan, Zaha Hadid, and David Hockney.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of organized
Verb
  • The political costs will be calculated in November’s midterm congressional elections, with Republicans facing increasing headwinds from the war’s unpopularity.
    — Ben Finley, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Crypto data group CoinGlass calculated that $571 million was wiped off long positions in the overnight sell-off.
    — Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of calculated
Verb
  • In 1939, she was banned from performing in Washington’s Constitution Hall because of her race, and her manager, with help from Eleanor Roosevelt, arranged a performance in front of the Lincoln Memorial on Easter Sunday.
    — Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Lehrer arranged a meeting to sell him the files—then never showed up.
    — Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of arranged
Verb
  • Experts have given it some thought FOR SUBSCRIBERSA mother and daughter plotted to poison a husband, officials say.
    — Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Bespoke Investment Group has plotted the Nasdaq Composite since ChatGPT was released against the index following the introduction of Netscape in 1994.
    — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 15 Sep. 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 24 Sep. 2026.

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