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"strategy" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often plan (4 letters).
Definitions
an elaborate and systematic plan of action
Word origin
From Ancient Greek στρατηγία (stratēgía, “office of general, command, generalship”), from στρατηγός (stratēgós, “the leader or commander of an army, a general”), from στρατός (stratós, “army”) + ἄγω (ágō, “to lead, conduct”).
Used in a sentence
““I came down like a wolf on the fold, didn’t I ? Why didn’t I telephone ? Strategy, my dear boy, strategy. This is a surprise attack, and I’d no wish that the garrison, forewarned, should escape. …””
“Oftentimes, the very simple strategies pay very great dividends.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Overall plan”8 letters
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