How to Use blueprint in a Sentence

blueprint

noun
  • The film returns to the genre’s blueprint and sticks with it.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Feb. 2023
  • So there’s a blueprint there, the team just needs to get back on the field.
    oregonlive, 31 Aug. 2021
  • But Tuesday’s win was a good blueprint for the rest of the run.
    Fluto Shinzawa, The Athletic, 5 Feb. 2025
  • To be clear, this isn’t a blueprint for other teams to beat the 49ers.
    Derrik Klassen, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2022
  • The term, at first an easy punchline, is now the blueprint.
    Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2021
  • Aside from that, the film rarely strays too far from its blueprint.
    Andrew Barker, Variety, 8 Sep. 2022
  • But all that meant was the builders got to come up with a new blueprint, which was fun.
    Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2023
  • But the small event at 618 Cocktail and Whiskey Lounge’s tight space was just the blueprint.
    Sophia Solano, Washington Post, 3 May 2023
  • Donna Mills claims to be the blueprint for Grease's Sandy.
    Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, 22 June 2022
  • Biden's speech at the UN seemed like a blueprint for a world transformed.
    Aaron David Miller, CNN, 22 Sep. 2021
  • Your child will look to you to be their world, and that is a huge job that comes with no blueprint.
    oregonlive, 21 June 2022
  • What the city does next could set a blueprint for other cities.
    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2022
  • And, of course, a little bit if pixie dust is part of the blueprint.
    Carole Horst, Variety, 16 July 2025
  • This is the blueprint for all other v-neck tees out there.
    Brad Lanphear, Men's Health, 13 Dec. 2022
  • The first Doctor Who, and the blueprint for the next 58 years, William Hartnell is the man that began it all.
    Richard Edwards, Space.com, 29 May 2025
  • Part of his scheme is to give his athletes the blueprint for a good pre-match routine.
    Braidon Nourse, The Denver Post, 17 Feb. 2024
  • And there’s nothing a new coach or next blueprint could do about it.
    Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Collins hopes his eight-game stint in the G League last month will provide a blueprint for progress.
    Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Feb. 2022
  • Keep reading to shop more of Courteney Cox’s blueprint pieces.
    Nicol Natale, People.com, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Still, the Longhorns provided a blueprint for how to slow the Frogs offense.
    Dallas News, 5 Jan. 2023
  • But beyond the blueprints, there is very little to show for the money.
    Francis Kokoroko, New York Times, 3 May 2025
  • But Emily Blunt’s satin-like pants just made a splash on my (cerulean) blueprint.
    Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 1 May 2024
  • The document is often called a blueprint for the city’s growth.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 May 2022
  • That loss provided Curtis with the blueprint to knock off the Gators this time around.
    Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 25 Feb. 2022
  • However, Lopez's gown was longer than the blueprint, which was made with a mid-length cut.
    Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2023
  • That tent city debacle is a blueprint for what not to do.
    Gerard S. Williams, Sun Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2025
  • There’s no blueprint on how to live your life, but there are no shortage of books that will tell you how to do so.
    Rachel King, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2022
  • The Colts know other teams will try to use Tampa Bay’s blueprint.
    Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Nov. 2021
  • With this blueprint in hand, Domokos got in touch with a precision engineering company in Hungary to help build the tetrahedron.
    Elise Cutts, Wired News, 10 Aug. 2025
  • The lower floor will be built using Icon's own 3D printer, which will follow a blueprint and extrude a proprietary cement-like mixture out of a nozzle in layers, building up the basic shell.
    New Atlas, 11 Aug. 2025

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