strategically
Americanadverb
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in a way that relates to strategy.
This is an unacceptable degree of danger in a strategically uncertain and critical time.
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in a way that is important or helpful for strategy.
The region is strategically located in the heart of the eastern North American market and therefore attractive to investors.
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purposefully as an integral part of a stratagem or any careful plan for achieving a particular goal.
Plant trees strategically, with deciduous trees on the south and west sides of your home to cool the air in summer and let in warming sunlight in winter.
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Military. with the specific intent of destroying materials, factories, etc., used by the enemy in waging war.
During World War II, the Allies strategically bombed German oil refineries.
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We set up two video cameras at each accumulative stone throwing site and placed the recording devices strategically to capture audio data from the areas around these sites.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
"We should do it as much as we can, as quickly as we can and as strategically as we can, especially in the context of this changing climate."
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Hong Kong’s CK Hutchison launched international arbitration proceedings against Panama, escalating a dispute over two strategically important ports that have become caught up in U.S.-China tensions, the Journal’s Megan Cheah writes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
The Soviet Union took the strategically located volcanic archipelago north of Hokkaido in the final days of World War II, and has maintained a military presence there ever since.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
Any concession to British economic and military power, no matter how strategically astute, seemed a betrayal of the very independence won in the Revolution.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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