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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Marketing used to follow a script: build awareness, nurture interest, drive a sale—with this road map being taught on college campuses for decades.
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Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Aug. 2025
When learning plateaus and your ambitions are met with roadblocks instead of road maps, your potential is at risk of being stifled.
—Sherry Taylor, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
Pang played a central role in defining the department’s road map and research direction, and multiple people within AFM now say its future is unclear.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 30 July 2025
That experience provided a clear road map for where Stoute was headed next.
—Shaheem Reid, Variety, 23 July 2025
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Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Aug. 2025
When learning plateaus and your ambitions are met with roadblocks instead of road maps, your potential is at risk of being stifled.
—Sherry Taylor, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
Pang played a central role in defining the department’s road map and research direction, and multiple people within AFM now say its future is unclear.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 30 July 2025
That experience provided a clear road map for where Stoute was headed next.
—Shaheem Reid, Variety, 23 July 2025
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“Road map.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/road%20map. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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