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Definition of blueprint
1 : a photographic print in white on a bright blue ground or blue on a white ground used especially for copying maps, mechanical drawings, and architects' plans
2 : something resembling a blueprint (as in serving as a model or providing guidance); especially : a detailed plan or program of action a blueprint for victory
blueprint
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Examples of blueprint in a Sentence
a blueprint for reforming the public school system
an ambitious young man with a remarkably detailed blueprint for becoming a millionaire by the age of 25
Recent Examples of blueprint from the Web
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Also, Congress as a whole has yet to adopt an overall 2018 spending blueprint, called a budget resolution, which lawmakers use to set how much money is allocated to each of the 12 appropriations bills.
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There is no universal blueprint for bishops or candidates to follow.
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So Agriculture Committee Chairman Mike Conaway balked at Black’s blueprint.
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A blueprint for development in the area put together with the help of a Philadelphia consultant and area residents proposed limited growth east of Floyds Fork and various town centers.
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Will's portrayal has gone on to be the blueprint for most gay men on television since then, whereas Jack is somehow seen as negative, and regressive.
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Their concerns were highlighted in a blueprint for a broad regulatory overhaul released by...
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The Huntsville/Madison County Chamber and City of Huntsville began working on a new blueprint for CRP in 2015.
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If approved by Congress, the 2018 budget blueprint would lower overall refugee funding to $2.7 billion from $3.1 billion — a 13 percent drop.
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First Known Use of blueprint
1857
BLUEPRINT Defined for English Language Learners
blueprint
playDefinition of blueprint for English Language Learners
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: a photographic print that shows how something (such as a building) will be made
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: a detailed plan of how to do something
BLUEPRINT Defined for Kids
blueprint
playDefinition of blueprint for Students
1 : a photographic print made with white lines on a blue background and showing how something will be made
2 : a detailed plan of something to be done
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