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
Recent Examples on the Web And for me, this public-private partnership with the government of the Philippines and USAID is the road map. Katherine MacPhail, STAT, 16 Mar. 2024 Reagan deftly provided the road map to the nation’s racial future. Nikole Hannah-Jones, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024 In fact, Medvedev established a new center, the Institute of Modern Development, to oversee the cautious liberalizing not only of the economy but also of politics, in what was supposed to be a road map for Russia’s future. Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 7 Mar. 2024 The 4 Percent Rule quickly became a road map to maximizing spending without depleting funds. Wes Moss, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024 In his dissent, Alito wrote that Thomas Jefferson’s admissions policy could become a road map for other selective schools to evade last year’s Supreme Court decision. Karina Elwood, Washington Post, 20 Feb. 2024 The road map to boost Max’s financial trajectory includes launching in Max in 22 European countries that currently have HBO Max this spring, following the cutover to Max in Latin America and the Caribbean in February. Todd Spangler, Variety, 7 Mar. 2024 The diplomats who wrote the road map now say it must be revised with these dangers in mind. Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2024 Now schools may have something of a road map: Taking race into account is verboten, but consideration of neighborhood, socioeconomics and other factors might be all right. Karina Elwood, Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1741, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of road map was in 1741

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“Road map.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/road%20map. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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