JARGON OF THE WEEK: **Strategic**

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An NGO report that doesn't describe most things as strategic would surely give the feeling that there’s something missing. Or would it? 

Indeed, recommendations would not be significant if they weren’t “strategic recommendations”. Or would they?

A future agenda would likewise probably fail to impress policy makers unless it were a “strategic future agenda”. Or would it?

And strengthening partnerships seems pointless if they’re not “strategic partnerships”. Or does it?

Next time you feel tempted to insert “strategic” behind a noun, see if the sentence works fine without it. Cutting back on its use will not only help you reduce your word count, but you'll also hopefully be reserving the word for when it’s actually needed. 

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