as in plan
a method worked out in advance for achieving some objective
an ambitious young man with a remarkably detailed blueprint for becoming a millionaire by the age of 25
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as in to plan
to work out the details of (something) in advance
blueprinted the schedule of events for the festival right down to the last detail
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Recent Examples of blueprint
Omar Kelly
updated October 5, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2025
Vought, who helped write the policy blueprint known as Project 2025, is playing a major role during the shutdown, including on decisions over whether there are mass layoffs of federal employees instead of furloughs and what funding is cut and what is allowed to flow.
—Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
Chris Perugini, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
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Noun
So now, the blueprint to stopping the Tyreek Hill-less Dolphins is stack the box, clog the middle of the field, making the offense one dimensional.
—Omar Kelly
updated October 5, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2025
Vought, who helped write the policy blueprint known as Project 2025, is playing a major role during the shutdown, including on decisions over whether there are mass layoffs of federal employees instead of furloughs and what funding is cut and what is allowed to flow.
—Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
Recreating Rosebank’s Unique Facility IMD worked with Forsyth’s to create new stills, using archival still blueprints to build exact replicas of the original design.
—Chris Perugini, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blueprint
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Defending Education’s Nicole Neily, who was also at McMahon’s confirmation, stood next to McMahon when the secretary announced an investigation into the Maine Department of Education for keeping records from parents about student gender identity plans.—
Megan O’Matz,
ProPublica,
8 Oct. 2025
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Containment is part of a larger plan for managing a wildfire.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
8 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Ratcliffe’s cost-cutting regime, designed to make United profitable again, epitomises that financial landscape.—
Laurie Whitwell,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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Levi's 311 Shaping Skinny Jeans Skinny jeans can be uncomfortable, but these ones from Levi’s are specifically designed with a tummy panel that smooths your mid-section and a stretchy fabric that hugs your curves.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
7 Oct. 2025
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Drivers opted for different tire strategies up and down the grid.—
Madeline Coleman,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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Streaming consolidation, soaring production costs and the rapid rise of AI have forced executives to rethink business models and creative strategies.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Oct. 2025
Verb
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A week ago, the Boston Red Sox were preparing for their first trip to the postseason in four years.—
Jen McCaffrey,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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Participants will learn the basics of Dutch oven cooking and how to prepare various recipes, some that include wild game meat.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
7 Oct. 2025
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To prepare them, DHL built an 18-month CIM Supervisory Excellence Academy within its Certified International Specialist (CIS) program.—
Samuel Burke,
Fortune,
9 Oct. 2025
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My record includes bringing major sports franchises like the Heat, Marlins and Panthers; building police substations; crafting the SMART Plan; winning single-member district reforms; and funding after-school programs with private dollars.—
Miami Herald Staff,
Miami Herald,
8 Oct. 2025
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Cornerback Jourdan Lewis has been playing at a high level, but Tyson Campbell didn’t look like a scheme fit, which might explain why he was recently traded along with a seventh-round pick for Greg Newsome and a sixth-round pick from the Cleveland Browns.—
Ted Nguyen,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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Other rural regions of Italy have had similar experiences and also launched similar schemes over the last several years with the goal of boosting development and combating depopulation.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
10 Oct. 2025
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Since being deployed to the nation’s capital in August, many guardsmen have been assigned to help with beautification projects like picking up trash and laying mulch, according to CNN.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Oct. 2025
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After setting the single-week modern-era consumption record for an album, the project has also broken the modern-era record for the most albums sold in a week in the United States, according to initial reports to data tracking firm Luminate.—
Mitchell Peters,
Billboard,
12 Oct. 2025
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“Blueprint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blueprint. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
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