How to Use game plan in a Sentence

game plan

noun
  • The governor is developing a game plan to lure businesses to the region.
  • The game plan for the runoff is a very robust ground game.
    — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Paul said the Suns will just stick with their game plan.
    — Kristen Davis, cleveland, 14 July 2021
  • How much did the game plan change and how ready were you guys for that change?
    — Irie Harris, cleveland, 10 Sep. 2023
  • The Bengals’ loss to the Browns stuck out for how Boyd was left out of the game plan.
    — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 24 Nov. 2021
  • The game plan: to wrap everything up by the end of 2021.
    — Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2022
  • That's not to find fault with Roach's game plan, which worked well.
    — Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
  • King Philip will have a good game plan in place to try and stop that trend.
    — Nate Weitzer, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Head coach Patrick Burke said Robinson was a big part of the game plan.
    — James Weber, The Enquirer, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Was that part of ya’ll game plan, to limit them to the perimeter?
    — Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 11 Mar. 2022
  • Does Coach Cal or Coach Payne share their game plan in the pre-game show?
    — Joe Sonka, The Courier-Journal, 26 Aug. 2022
  • The only way through, England knew, was to stick to the game plan, and hold its nerve.
    — Jenny Vrentas, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Big props to those guys and to the coaches for an amazing game plan. ...
    — Lia Assimakopoulos, Dallas News, 10 Sep. 2023
  • As for her game plan when cheering on the team from home?
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 7 Feb. 2025
  • But the game plan didn’t balloon just because the time frame did.
    — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 30 Dec. 2022
  • And, outside of a few key moments, the game plan worked.
    — Scott Patsko, cleveland, 29 Nov. 2021
  • Sitake will continue to call plays and set up the game plan.
    — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Oct. 2022
  • Stick to the game plan and a little luck wouldn't hurt, either.
    — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 25 June 2021
  • The game plan was simple Wednesday night for the Phoenix Suns.
    — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 19 May 2021
  • Try to get better on those days and not just go through the motions and learn the game plan.
    — Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Nov. 2022
  • The bye week gave Brohm some extra time to finetune the game plan.
    — Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 23 Oct. 2021
  • The best game plan to prevent tick-borne diseases is to avoid ticks in the first place.
    — Lauren Krouse, Health.com, 18 May 2021
  • The trick is to start by building a game plan and schedule that’s doable for you.
    — Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Jan. 2025
  • The Dodgers’ game plan was Urías pitching deep into the game.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2021
  • By this point, much of their game plan has been installed.
    — Dallas News, 13 Oct. 2022
  • What’s the best version of themselves, what’s the game plan and take care of what’s between the lines.
    — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2023
  • With no coach and no good game plan, their loss to UCLA was inevitable.
    — Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2021
  • Back at the house, a bunch of the legends gather on a patio to get their game plan straight.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Kings coach Doug Christie’s game plan extended to Braun, who looked unusually tentative early in the game and paid the price with a couple of turnovers.
    — Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 5 Mar. 2025
  • And with more time to game plan, coaching staffs will devise even more creative defensive coverages.
    — Jay King, The Athletic, 11 Mar. 2025

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