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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
In his new role, Shapiro will join GameChanger’s executive leadership team and lead B2B sales and partnership strategy, oversee business development, clinics and conventions, lead generation, and strategic relationships across youth sports.
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Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 6 Feb. 2026
At this exclusive, high-energy event, the world’s most innovative leaders will convene to explore how AI, humanity, and strategy converge to redefine, again, the future of work.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2026
Their tactics really baffle their strategy.
—Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2026
That is the strategy of the game.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Feb. 2026
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Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 6 Feb. 2026
At this exclusive, high-energy event, the world’s most innovative leaders will convene to explore how AI, humanity, and strategy converge to redefine, again, the future of work.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2026
Their tactics really baffle their strategy.
—Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2026
That is the strategy of the game.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for strategy
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Football fans, now is the time to set yourself a reminder to make early Valentine’s Day plans for next year.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Republicans last year cut about $1 trillion over a decade from Medicaid and declined to extend covid-19-era subsidies that had lowered the cost of health plans under the Affordable Care Act.—
ALI SWENSON,
Arkansas Online,
9 Feb. 2026
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That approach is already visible.—
Yinka Adegoke,
semafor.com,
7 Feb. 2026
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The venue request marks the second defense motion filed in the past week, as jury selection approaches.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
7 Feb. 2026
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Heavy investment in player salaries has been part of Liverpool’s blueprint for years.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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For that, Timbers and the team found the original blueprints from 1976.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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The Wuthering Heights press tour, for which Margot Robbie has returned to method-dressing mode, is near impossible to escape.—
Madeleine Schulz,
Vogue,
10 Feb. 2026
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The mechanical process involves reclaiming and shredding pre-consumer footwear uppers in a closed-loop method to create ThermoPlume PrimaLoft ReRun material.—
Jennifer Bringle,
Sourcing Journal,
9 Feb. 2026
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Wayne Township also offers a three-year apprenticeship program, and administrators are pursuing virtual work opportunities for students for whom transportation could be a barrier.—
Carley Lanich,
IndyStar,
10 Feb. 2026
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One significant difference in the House bill is a provision that would overhaul the HOME Investment Partnerships Program, a major housing program administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development.—
Zach Halaschak,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Feb. 2026
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That’s the lowest rank since 2012, when the index, established in 1995, was relaunched using new methodology.—
Hanna Ziady,
CNN Money,
10 Feb. 2026
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Woodhull’s methodology is rooted in physiological grounding techniques, aiming to regulate heart rate variability and support emotional control and focus.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
10 Feb. 2026
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Ortiz allegedly joined the scheme in June 2025.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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Roman, 53, who was born in Atlantic City, is expected to coordinate the run game as a complement to Nagy’s passing scheme that has its roots with future Hall of Fame Chiefs coach Andy Reid.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
6 Feb. 2026
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Across five courses, each cocktail is a Negroni variation transformed through techniques such as evaporation, infusion, and reconstruction.—
Melinda Joe,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Feb. 2026
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Freestyle skiing adds dual moguls Freestyle skiing is bringing in dual moguls for women and men — basically the same sort of judging based on technique, flips and twists, plus speed, as the existing moguls event, but with two athletes going down the hill in adjacent lanes.—
Howard Fendrich,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Feb. 2026
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“Strategy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strategy. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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