strategic
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Although the program was eventually discontinued for strategic reasons, the experimental medication had already progressed through a Phase 1 clinical trial, where it was successfully evaluated for safety in humans.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026
Constructions like these suggest communities felt the need to protect themselves or assert power over strategic locations.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026
The communiqué didn’t disclose specifics from the strategic plan, though the party has typically released more details in the days after a plenum.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
It buys more time, more "breathing space", as it were, for the government and the prime minister's long-term strategic plans.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
John Andre was captured while attempting to serve as a British spy in league with Benedict Arnold to produce a major strategic debacle on the Hudson River at West Point.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing strategic
Unit 3: Compelling Evidence
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Ronald Reagan, "Tear Down This Wall" (1987)
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