Strategic
adjective
Something planned or designed to achieve a particular purpose or advantage.
The company's strategic approach to marketing led to a significant increase in sales.
Often appears as...
- strategic planning
- strategic decisions
adjective
Connected with what is needed for success in military planning or action.
The location of the base is of great strategic importance.
Often appears as...
- strategic importance
- strategic positioning
adjective
Carefully planned in order to improve or obtain an advantage.
This strategic investment will help us become an industry leader.
Often appears as...
- strategic investment
- strategic alliance
adjective
Something planned or designed to achieve a particular purpose or advantage.
The company's strategic approach to marketing led to a significant increase in sales.
Often appears as...
- strategic planning
- strategic decisions
adjective
Connected with what is needed for success in military planning or action.
The location of the base is of great strategic importance.
Often appears as...
- strategic importance
- strategic positioning
adjective
Carefully planned in order to improve or obtain an advantage.
This strategic investment will help us become an industry leader.
Often appears as...
- strategic investment
- strategic alliance
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Business Plans
Used for methods that aim to increase profits or meet business goals.
Our strategic objectives focus on expanding into new markets.
Pro Tip 2/3Competitive Edge
Implies an approach designed to outperform competitors.
A strategic partnership can give us a competitive edge.
Pro Tip 3/3Long-Term View
Refers to planning with future scenarios and long-term effects in mind.
The CEO's strategic vision will shape the company's future.
Pro Tip 1/3Business Plans
Used for methods that aim to increase profits or meet business goals.
Our strategic objectives focus on expanding into new markets.
Pro Tip 2/3Competitive Edge
Implies an approach designed to outperform competitors.
A strategic partnership can give us a competitive edge.
Pro Tip 3/3Long-Term View
Refers to planning with future scenarios and long-term effects in mind.
The CEO's strategic vision will shape the company's future.
Pro Tip 1/3Business Plans
Used for methods that aim to increase profits or meet business goals.
Our strategic objectives focus on expanding into new markets.
Pro Tip 2/3Competitive Edge
Implies an approach designed to outperform competitors.
A strategic partnership can give us a competitive edge.
Pro Tip 3/3Long-Term View
Refers to planning with future scenarios and long-term effects in mind.
The CEO's strategic vision will shape the company's future.
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The unheard story of...
and wheat fields and vineyards. But more importantly, though, in the history of that region, it's served, it's had a real strategic function, and that is, it is the means by which hostile armies on the coastal plain find their way, get up into the mountains and threaten those living in the mountains.
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How to create a great...
acronyms like ge and bp are just shorthand versions of descriptive names some acronyms are more strategic kentucky fried chicken switched to kfc because fried chicken didn't sound too healthy and the hong kong and shanghai bank changed to eight that changed to hsbc to help the bank expand globally
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A brief history of chess...
after sacrificing his queen and both rooks. But the emergence of formal competitive play in the late 19th century meant that strategic calculation would eventually trump dramatic flair. And with the rise of international competition, chess took on a new geopolitical importance.
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Smash fear, learn...
And you can see that he's extending his right arm below his head and far in front. And so his entire body really is underwater. The arm is extended below the head. The head is held in line with the spine, so that you use strategic water pressure to raise your legs up --
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What if a US presidential...
Now he has written beautifully and well about how strategically you can roll back a coup just using very smart, very disciplined, very nonviolent protest. And a lot of his best ideas, and people have been influenced by that, are available in a new guidebook called,
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Why isn’t the...
This left more space for water to collect in low-lying floodplains, creating reservoirs and habitats for local wildlife. This strategic retreat not only decreased flood risk, but allowed for the redeveloped settlements to be built more densely and sustainably.
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Filming Lions Hunting...
they were going to do and you could see this sort of behavior and how clever they were how strategic you know where they laid between waterholes they knew when and where the elephants were going to come of the trees and when they were going to drink but that
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The incredible...
why AlphaGo was doing what it was doing. And things are moving really fast. I mean, consider -- in the space of a human lifetime, computers have gone from a child's game to what's recognized as the pinnacle of strategic thought.
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Giant Centipede PIPE...
enough it's after a baby green iguana the iguana is fast twitchy highly mobile and impulsive the centipede is slower persistent hungry and strategic the centipede advances on the iguana
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Eating Myself: Giant...
after a baby green iguana the iguana is fast twitchy highly mobile and impulsive the centipede is slower persistent hungry and strategic the centipede advances on
Video examples
The unheard story of...
and wheat fields and vineyards. But more importantly, though, in the history of that region, it's served, it's had a real strategic function, and that is, it is the means by which hostile armies on the coastal plain find their way, get up into the mountains and threaten those living in the mountains.
Video examples
How to create a great...
acronyms like ge and bp are just shorthand versions of descriptive names some acronyms are more strategic kentucky fried chicken switched to kfc because fried chicken didn't sound too healthy and the hong kong and shanghai bank changed to eight that changed to hsbc to help the bank expand globally
Video examples
A brief history of chess...
after sacrificing his queen and both rooks. But the emergence of formal competitive play in the late 19th century meant that strategic calculation would eventually trump dramatic flair. And with the rise of international competition, chess took on a new geopolitical importance.
Video examples
Smash fear, learn...
And you can see that he's extending his right arm below his head and far in front. And so his entire body really is underwater. The arm is extended below the head. The head is held in line with the spine, so that you use strategic water pressure to raise your legs up --
Video examples
What if a US presidential...
Now he has written beautifully and well about how strategically you can roll back a coup just using very smart, very disciplined, very nonviolent protest. And a lot of his best ideas, and people have been influenced by that, are available in a new guidebook called,
Video examples
Why isn’t the...
This left more space for water to collect in low-lying floodplains, creating reservoirs and habitats for local wildlife. This strategic retreat not only decreased flood risk, but allowed for the redeveloped settlements to be built more densely and sustainably.
Video examples
Filming Lions Hunting...
they were going to do and you could see this sort of behavior and how clever they were how strategic you know where they laid between waterholes they knew when and where the elephants were going to come of the trees and when they were going to drink but that
Video examples
The incredible...
why AlphaGo was doing what it was doing. And things are moving really fast. I mean, consider -- in the space of a human lifetime, computers have gone from a child's game to what's recognized as the pinnacle of strategic thought.
Video examples
Giant Centipede PIPE...
enough it's after a baby green iguana the iguana is fast twitchy highly mobile and impulsive the centipede is slower persistent hungry and strategic the centipede advances on the iguana
Video examples
Eating Myself: Giant...
after a baby green iguana the iguana is fast twitchy highly mobile and impulsive the centipede is slower persistent hungry and strategic the centipede advances on
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Quote examples
Stephen A. Schwarzman
American Businessman
Part of China's strategic planning is to make their universities among the top level of the world, and I think they understand you can't do that without the adoption of some of the principles of the great universities in the West; one of those is the ability to have free expression and discussion in the classroom.
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Erin Foster
American Writer
We don't mess with squads. Our friend group is not, like, a strategic thing. There's no strategy to our friendships. There's no strategy to the circle of girls. Everyone's, like, bound together for different things.
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Norm Coleman
American Politician
America has a strategic interest in continuing to welcome international students at our colleges, universities, and high schools. Attracting the world's top scientific scholars helps to keep our economy competitive.
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Jessica White
American Model
Before I leave the earth, I'll have released a bunch of albums and a bunch of movies. I'm going to do it all. It's just that I have to strategically position myself on how I do it so that the world receives it.
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Prabal Gurung
Nepalese Designer
I am not the kind of designer who is racing to the finish line, so while collaborations are important for our growth, each and every one has to be strategic and well-timed with what we have going on internally.
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Ron Johnson
American
I have to - I think an endorsement is something incredibly important. I would never do it just strategically. I would have to have full confidence that I have got no questions about the person.
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Jenny Shipley
New Zealander Statesman
Men are shameless in selling their story. Women are often reserved. So we do need to encourage women to know their story and then tell it strategically as to how they can add value.
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Jamais Cascio
American Writer
Remember, the goal of structured futures thinking is to come up with a picture of possible futures that will help to inform strategic decisions.
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Ginni Rometty
American Businesswoman
I believe that the idea of strategic beliefs may be more important than strategic planning when thinking about how you keep the long view.
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Richard Grenell
American Diplomat
U.S. foreign aid must be used more strategically to achieve our national security goals.
Quote examples
Stephen A. Schwarzman
American Businessman
Part of China's strategic planning is to make their universities among the top level of the world, and I think they understand you can't do that without the adoption of some of the principles of the great universities in the West; one of those is the ability to have free expression and discussion in the classroom.
Quote examples
Erin Foster
American Writer
We don't mess with squads. Our friend group is not, like, a strategic thing. There's no strategy to our friendships. There's no strategy to the circle of girls. Everyone's, like, bound together for different things.
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Norm Coleman
American Politician
America has a strategic interest in continuing to welcome international students at our colleges, universities, and high schools. Attracting the world's top scientific scholars helps to keep our economy competitive.
Quote examples
Jessica White
American Model
Before I leave the earth, I'll have released a bunch of albums and a bunch of movies. I'm going to do it all. It's just that I have to strategically position myself on how I do it so that the world receives it.
Quote examples
Prabal Gurung
Nepalese Designer
I am not the kind of designer who is racing to the finish line, so while collaborations are important for our growth, each and every one has to be strategic and well-timed with what we have going on internally.
Quote examples
Ron Johnson
American
I have to - I think an endorsement is something incredibly important. I would never do it just strategically. I would have to have full confidence that I have got no questions about the person.
Quote examples
Jenny Shipley
New Zealander Statesman
Men are shameless in selling their story. Women are often reserved. So we do need to encourage women to know their story and then tell it strategically as to how they can add value.
Quote examples
Jamais Cascio
American Writer
Remember, the goal of structured futures thinking is to come up with a picture of possible futures that will help to inform strategic decisions.
Quote examples
Ginni Rometty
American Businesswoman
I believe that the idea of strategic beliefs may be more important than strategic planning when thinking about how you keep the long view.
Quote examples
Richard Grenell
American Diplomat
U.S. foreign aid must be used more strategically to achieve our national security goals.
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