: the act or process of making or carrying out plans
specifically
: the establishment of goals, policies, and procedures for a social or economic unit
city planning
business planning
Examples of planning in a Sentence
Careful planning made the party a success.
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Calling the trip a relentless test of planning and execution feels like an understatement.
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Alec Lewis, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
As reforms move forward, the program’s evolution could have broad implications for workforce planning, innovation, and the economy.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
Airport staff want to examine the potential traffic impacts in order to provide recommendations for the planning of critical intersections and potential street section improvements to the primary road network at Airport Boulevard and Regional Avenue.
—Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2025
But the project — and two more down the pike — may also prove detrimental to decades of planning by Sutter County, adding hurdles while restricting the scope of Sutter Pointe, a decades-long housing plan just north of the Sacramento County line.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 23 Sep. 2025
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Alec Lewis, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
As reforms move forward, the program’s evolution could have broad implications for workforce planning, innovation, and the economy.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
Airport staff want to examine the potential traffic impacts in order to provide recommendations for the planning of critical intersections and potential street section improvements to the primary road network at Airport Boulevard and Regional Avenue.
—Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2025
But the project — and two more down the pike — may also prove detrimental to decades of planning by Sutter County, adding hurdles while restricting the scope of Sutter Pointe, a decades-long housing plan just north of the Sacramento County line.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 23 Sep. 2025
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“Planning.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/planning. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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