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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Relevance

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

On land Vincent has also set up a solar panel above the beachside bar, with plans to add more to the staff quarters in order to reduce the island’s reliance on generators.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 June 2026
The summer after eighth grade, both Celi and Elio have tech-centric plans (making content for social media in Celi’s case, gaming in Elio’s), but those plans are upended when their families separately crack down on screen time and send both kids to Mexico to experience life in the analog world.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 June 2026