Collocations for technique - noun

effective, powerful, useful
popular
basic, simple
conventional, established, proper, standard, traditional
alternative, experimental, innovative, new
advanced, modern, sophisticated
ingenious
building, construction, farming, manufacturing
assessment, communication, dating, evaluation, exam, interrogation, interview, management, marketing, problem-solving, relaxation, research, sales, teaching, training
She needs to work on her interview technique if she's going to get a job.

analytical, diagnostic, mathematical, medical, photographic, scientific, statistical, surgical
narrative

have
He has an ingenious technique for dealing with problems of that sort.

adopt, apply, deploy, employ, implement, try, use, utilize
On the walls I applied the same technique as I had used for the ceiling.

develop, devise, introduce, pioneer
The technique was pioneered in California.

acquire, learn, master, practise/practice
The students were struggling to master the new technique.

teach
adapt, improve, perfect, refine, work on
demonstrate, describe

allow sth, enable sth
Modern freezing techniques enable the chickens to be stored for weeks.

work
The new technique works better than the one it has replaced.

be based on sth, be derived from sth
singing techniques derived from Tibetan music

technique for
techniques for the storage of data

technique in
They employ the latest techniques in farm management.