: 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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In fact, 98% of organizations increased their cybersecurity budgets over the past 12 months, with 99% planning further increases over the next two to three years.
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James Hadley, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
This improvement comes from frequent training, detailed planning, and careful evaluation after exercises.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 23 Jan. 2026
Guindi said the reduced salt supply is not from lack of planning, but delays in deliveries.
—Kristie Keleshian, CBS News, 23 Jan. 2026
In that same note to clients, Bader said those companies aren’t tied to an anchor system of record like enterprise resource planning, or ERP, and customer relationship management, or CRM, and have yet to become multiproduct platforms.
—Seema Mody, CNBC, 22 Jan. 2026
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James Hadley, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
This improvement comes from frequent training, detailed planning, and careful evaluation after exercises.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 23 Jan. 2026
Guindi said the reduced salt supply is not from lack of planning, but delays in deliveries.
—Kristie Keleshian, CBS News, 23 Jan. 2026
In that same note to clients, Bader said those companies aren’t tied to an anchor system of record like enterprise resource planning, or ERP, and customer relationship management, or CRM, and have yet to become multiproduct platforms.
—Seema Mody, CNBC, 22 Jan. 2026
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“Planning.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/planning. Accessed 25 Jan. 2026.
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