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as in strategy
a method worked out in advance for achieving some objective
there is a contingency plan in the office for handling almost any emergency
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as in goal
something that one hopes or intends to accomplish
our plan is to finish up by next Friday
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as in to prepare
to work out the details of (something) in advance
we planned the school dance down to the smallest detail
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as in to intend
to have in mind as a purpose or goal
I plan to have a party for my birthday, even if I have to throw it myself
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Recent Examples of plan
Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 6 Apr. 2025
Many Itasca residents demonstrated against the plan at rallies and local meetings.
—Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2025
Flair Airlines plans to resume winter seasonal routes in October between Orlando and Toronto and nearby Kitchener-Waterloo.
—Skyler Swisher, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Rouse and fellow community leaders hatched a plan to recreate a stagecoach station that had served the town in the late 1800s when the area was a stop on the line running between Leavenworth, Kansas and Pike’s Peak in Colorado.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 6 Apr. 2025
Many Itasca residents demonstrated against the plan at rallies and local meetings.
—Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
Verb
With it, the foundation, in collaboration with the Expressive Arts Institute, plans to bring arts instruction to 25 schools in the district, and to more than 4,700 students.
—Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2025
Flair Airlines plans to resume winter seasonal routes in October between Orlando and Toronto and nearby Kitchener-Waterloo.
—Skyler Swisher, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plan
Noun
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Through countless films, TV series, Amblin events, awards campaigns and our public relations strategy—this is where Marvin came alive.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
9 Apr. 2025
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Trump is letting the promise of AI slip away In the middle of all this tariff chaos, Trump’s AI strategy remains unclear.—
Bryan Mena,
CNN Money,
8 Apr. 2025
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Hartford Courant Charlie Cerato assisted on the winning goal, after the Huskies had missed on a flurry of opportunities throughout the OT.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
31 Mar. 2025
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The goal was to have that running by March.—
Desiree Mathurin,
Charlotte Observer,
31 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The spaces from which Trump seeks to exclude the AP are not a press facility like the Brady Press Briefing Room and are intended for the president’s personal use, McArthur argued.—
Ella Lee,
The Hill,
17 Apr. 2025
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The administration claims the cuts are intended to reduce redundancy and inefficiency.—
Catherine Blackwood,
Scientific American,
17 Apr. 2025
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The Brookings Institution, a centrist think tank, has presented its own bipartisan blueprint for making the system solvent.—
Dennis W. Jansen,
The Conversation,
14 Apr. 2025
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The April 9 Executive Order The April 9 Executive Order goes far beyond non-binding DOJ Task Force advocacy, by creating a blueprint for direct government action against anticompetitive rules.—
Alden Abbott,
Forbes.com,
12 Apr. 2025
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The name’s ironic on purpose—the app allows users to create, send, and receive anonymous voice messages in a celebrity’s tone.—
Alexandra York,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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This article is for informational purposes and does not constitute financial advice.—
Dr. Ronald Premuroso,
The Conversation,
14 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Photograph: Output Along with new AR/VR and mixed-reality applications, HDMI 2.2’s advanced bandwidth is designed to enhance commercial technologies like medical imaging, and potentially even next-gen movie, game, and TV production.—
Ryan Waniata,
Wired News,
10 Apr. 2025
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The move is designed to help fuel Dorothy St. Pictures’ ambitions to grow its talent pool in the U.K. and U.S. and expand its development of premium nonfiction series and docs, as well as its narrative film slate, to further genres and platforms.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
Verb
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While contemplating his former love and his future as a father, Massey conjures up the apparition of his beloved Catherine.—
Claire Franken,
TVLine,
10 Apr. 2025
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Boasberg has been contemplating whether to hold any administration officials in contempt of court for ignoring his orders last month to turn around planes that were carrying the deportees to El Salvador.—
Alanna Durkin Richer,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
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The Cornhuskers claimed $300,000 in name, image and likeness money for its program as well.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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The move to strip those who entered under the app of their legal status is the latest effort by the Trump administration to dismantle Biden-era immigration programs and expand the pool of migrants eligible to be arrested and deported.—
Camilo Montoya-Galvez,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Plan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plan. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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