road map
noun
1
: a map showing roads especially for automobile travel
2
a
: a detailed plan to guide progress toward a goal
b
: a detailed explanation
Examples of road map in a Sentence
Did you bring a road map?
a road map to peace
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These past two days have reinforced for me the importance of codifying principles and creating a road map to achieve them.
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Diane Brady, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2025
Students, administrators, C-suite executives and more, each attesting to how my road map propelled them to put one foot in front of the other and enter a season of triumph.
—Alma Cooper, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
Whether Zohran Mamdani’s campaign ends up as a road map for the Democratic Party is an open question.
—Peter Kiefer, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
Their stories became my road map to a life of freedom.
—Essence, 21 Oct. 2025
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Diane Brady, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2025
Students, administrators, C-suite executives and more, each attesting to how my road map propelled them to put one foot in front of the other and enter a season of triumph.
—Alma Cooper, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
Whether Zohran Mamdani’s campaign ends up as a road map for the Democratic Party is an open question.
—Peter Kiefer, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
Their stories became my road map to a life of freedom.
—Essence, 21 Oct. 2025
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“Road map.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/road%20map. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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