How to Use strategic in a Sentence

strategic

adjective
  • The bridges have great strategic value.
  • The hill is located at a strategic position.
  • Per Cohn, that last part is a strategic choice.
    — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 7 May 2026
  • Your 40s are a strategic decade for skin.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Here is what to know about the remote but strategic base.
    — ABC News, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Russia might not even have to fire a shot to achieve its strategic goals.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 11 Feb. 2022
  • Three strategic levers will help fast-track their journey.
    — Dave McCann, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2026
  • So the war stands as a strategic failure and a moral calamity.
    — David Remnick, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2026
  • And he’s done so without coming on too strong as a strategic threat.
    — Martin Holmes, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2023
  • That changes the strategic question.
    — Gabriel Alin Zainescu, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
  • Some of your beefs were personal, but how many of them were strategic?
    — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Some of these other people don’t know how to play a strategic game of this.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2024
  • No firm strategic decisions have been made at this stage.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2026
  • And those strategic choke points are coming back into play.
    — ABC News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Quebec, to put your mind at ease, has strategic maple-syrup reserves.
    — oregonlive, 27 Dec. 2021
  • Phasing out first class on long-haul routes isn’t without strategic risk.
    — Danny Lee, Fortune, 3 June 2023
  • Others will treat it as a strategic redesign.
    — Ian Gibson, Twin Cities, 1 May 2026
  • To Shin, the silence was strategic.
    — Joohee Cho, ABC News, 4 June 2026
  • The two work together on the brand's strategic goals.
    — Alexandra Hurtado, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
  • To some extent, such appeals may be strategic.
    — Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 22 Feb. 2026
  • What is the purpose of strategic oil reserves?
    — Scott L. Montgomery, The Conversation, 23 Mar. 2026
  • The strategic error is not saying no.
    — Phil Lodico, Fortune, 20 June 2026
  • Greenland is not just a strategic asset.
    — Carol L. Harris, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Jordan treats it as a strategic pillar.
    — Emily Price, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The strategic reserves that are coming to the rescue will be used.
    — CBS News, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Some of us circled the toys and left the catalog open to strategic pages for all to see.
    — Dawn Mitchell, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Dec. 2024
  • One way to do this is by normalising strategic pause points.
    — Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • That proved to be a strategic and wise meeting as the stock has nearly doubled since then.
    — Jeff Kilburg, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Not just a strategic badge that leaves them exposed when politics shifts.
    — Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Often, these are treated as metrics to be reached rather than strategic tools.
    — Janine Schindler, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026

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