Thesaurus results for STRATEGY

strategy

noun

ˈstra-tə-jē

as in plan

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 approach

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 strategy However, Ahrary noted that such expansion was not financially feasible for the city at the time of the audit, which led auditors to focus on strategies for managing low-acuity calls rather than expanding infrastructure. —

Reeti Malhotra may 29, Sacbee.com, 29 May 2026 While their saga has come to an end, the show will employ a Bridgerton-esque strategy in its next season, featuring side characters (the respective best friends of season one’s protagonists) as the next season’s main characters. —

Kenneal Patterson, Vanity Fair, 29 May 2026 The Ebola facility plan comes as Kenya and the US government recently renegotiated the amount of aid funding for Kenyan health efforts as part of the new US global health strategy. —

Larry Madowo, CNN Money, 29 May 2026 Once the nation’s priciest school board battleground, campaign spending and strategies have dramatically changed. —

Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for strategy

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Noun

Its completion is a testament to the efforts of the countless designers and architects who had to decipher plans for the church that were largely destroyed in the 1930s.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 8 June 2026
Strikes come amid Israel's military campaign in Lebanon Israel's strike in the Beirut area was the first attack since the United States brokered a truce plan for Lebanon last week.

— Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 8 June 2026