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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As well as all the airport attacks, the Houthis have sought to take control of strategically significant positions along the Red Sea coast and around the Bab al-Mandeb Strait.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
Singh has urged his drivers to strategically fuel up in Arizona, where fuel prices are a couple of dollars cheaper, before reentering California to save on costs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
China opened its first overseas base in 2017 in Djibouti, an east African nation strategically located near the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
The company has assumed the role of a venture capitalist in the AI value chain, strategically investing in customers and business partners.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 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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