: a person skilled in strategy

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Investment strategists say that the higher temperatures, drought, heavy rainfall and other extreme weather events resulting from El Niño are set to upend bets on commodity assets. Hugh Leask, CNBC, 20 July 2026 Consumer-insights specialists, data and AI owners, cultural strategists, legal or privacy teams and people from the actual customer segment should all review campaigns aimed at mothers. Christine Michel Carter, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026 JPMorgan Asset Management’s chief Asia market strategist gave a presentation on Korea to the firm’s global team for the first time in his 14 years on the job. Winnie Hsu, Fortune, 19 July 2026 At a panel last month, Democratic strategist and Porter consultant Erica Kwiatkowski Nielsen said those moments came up repeatedly in focus groups with voters and proved tough to shake. Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for strategist

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First Known Use

1821, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of strategist was in 1821

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“Strategist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strategist. Accessed 23 Jul. 2026.

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strategist

noun
: one skilled in strategy

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