strategic position

collocation in English

meaningsofstrategicandposition

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strategic
adjective
uk
/strəˈtiː.dʒɪk/us
/strəˈtiː.dʒɪk/
helping to achieve a plan, for example in business ...
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position
noun
uk
/pəˈzɪʃ.ən/us
/pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
the place where something or someone is, often in relation to ...
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(Definition ofstrategicandpositionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Moreover, teachers' trade unions occupy astrategicpositionin society.
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Thestrategicpositionof the school had initially been meant for the church.
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Their struggles, therefore, involved both class and nationalist dimensions - usually a tensestrategicposition.
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The 'winners' with cash for food and labour were also in astrategicpositionfor asset purchase.
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It also occupies an importantstrategicposition.
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Ourstrategicpositionhas been immeasurably improved.
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Ourstrategicpositionis now, therefore, this.
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Ourstrategicpositionwould make that inevitable.
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Thestrategicpositionis drastically changing.
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Here, individual incumbents may gain power within the party because of the strength of their local power base or theirstrategicpositionwithin the legislature.
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It is situated in a vitallystrategicpositiontoday.
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It occupies astrategicpositionin the world.
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Let us see how this affects our ownstrategicposition.
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Thestrategicpositionwill be altered, probably for the worse.
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Everyone wants the island because of itsstrategicposition.
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No one who knows thestrategicpositiondoubts that.
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Of course, thestrategicpositionmust be taken into account.
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It does not cover the wholestrategicposition.
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We must have it, because if we do not ourstrategicpositionwill be weakened.
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I say that thestrategicpositionof this country has been worsening year by year.
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Both itsstrategicpositionand its accessibility argued strongly for its retention.
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Thestrategicpositionhas deteriorated sharply even since the publication of the review.
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But this country'sstrategicpositionis not what it was in pre-1914 days.
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We believe it is in line with the key tenets of ourstrategicposition.
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