as in plan
a method worked out in advance for achieving some objective
an ambitious young man with a remarkably detailed blueprint for becoming a millionaire by the age of 25
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as in to plan
to work out the details of (something) in advance
blueprinted the schedule of events for the festival right down to the last detail
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Recent Examples of blueprint
Ron Elving, NPR, 17 May 2025
The blueprint proposal notes that each site can be set up within 72 to 96 hours to meet ICE’s National Detention Standards, offering food, hygiene, laundry, medical care, ADA compliance and even pharmacy services.
—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 16 May 2025
Every single thing has been vetted by these blueprint scripts.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 16 May 2025
In his budget blueprint, released earlier this month, President Donald Trump proposed eliminating the program.
—Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 16 May 2025
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Noun
Stockman, a former seminarian and congressman from Michigan, quickly assembled an executive budget blueprint that upended generations of assumptions about the federal government's role.
—Ron Elving, NPR, 17 May 2025
The blueprint proposal notes that each site can be set up within 72 to 96 hours to meet ICE’s National Detention Standards, offering food, hygiene, laundry, medical care, ADA compliance and even pharmacy services.
—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 16 May 2025
Every single thing has been vetted by these blueprint scripts.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 16 May 2025
In his budget blueprint, released earlier this month, President Donald Trump proposed eliminating the program.
—Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 16 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blueprint
Noun
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But Andrea Jenkins, who represents the area and supports the city's plan, said residents around the square want vehicle traffic.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
25 May 2025
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His evil plan is to conquer the microchip market by creating earthquakes and floods that will destroy most of the San Francisco Bay area.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
24 May 2025
Verb
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Most Popular Most Popular Pratt & Whitney workers entering third week of strike while preparing to lose health care Property of week: Historic home with in-ground pool and dock with water access A CT hospital is opening a new unit designed to keep people out of the emergency room.—
Mac Cerullo,
Hartford Courant,
19 May 2025
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The Trump administration agreed to not apply the machine gun ban to such devices so long as they are not designed for use with handguns.—
Nate Raymond,
USA Today,
18 May 2025
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Amy Cameron – an executive, writer and producer – and Tassie Cameron, a showrunner and executive producer – founded Cameron Pictures and manage it alongside executive producer Alex Patrick, who leads on strategy and business and legal affairs.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
26 May 2025
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What happens next? Kennedy has stated that a follow-up report outlining a strategy and potential policy reforms for addressing childhood chronic illness will be released in mid-August 2025.—
Paul Dawson,
The Conversation,
26 May 2025
Verb
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The first images from the production reveal the Yash, who leads the ensemble cast alongside Ranbir Kapoor, in peak physical condition, preparing to embody Ravana.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
29 May 2025
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Season 2 Ellie has, at the very least, been doing combat training and has had five years to prepare for an inevitable hunt like this.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
Noun
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Sankey said the way the committee seems to weigh strength of schedule shortchanges the conference slate, which doesn’t include any teams among the lower half of the 134 NCAA FBS programs.—
Ralph D. Russo,
New York Times,
27 May 2025
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The win over Canada was their first in program history in the knockout round.—
Carol Schram,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
Noun
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That includes knowing the scheme in the run game, being violent at the point of attack.—
Dan Wiederer,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2025
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The scheme was investigated by several federal agencies, including the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General (USPS-OIG) and IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI).—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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West Sacramento officials extolled a $16 million pedestrian and cyclist overpass that now connects neighborhoods straddling the Highway 50 portion of the Capital City Freeway at the project’s ribbon cutting Thursday.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacbee.com,
29 May 2025
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The album cover is designed by artist and designer KAWS, who also designed the art for Clipse’s last project.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
29 May 2025
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