blueprinting

verb

present participle of blueprint
as in planning
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 Synonyms for blueprinting
  1. planning
  2. designing
  3. preparing
  4. organizing
Verb
  • Scenario planning moves from an annual event to a quarterly discipline.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The festival will also open one day earlier than in previous years, on Tuesday, October 6, giving audiences greater flexibility in planning their visits and screenings.
    — Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of planning
Verb
  • Broadcom has been one of the major winners of the AI boom, designing custom chips for companies including Google, Meta and OpenAI.
    — Jordan Novet, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
  • For this reason, Triola’s belief that a machine’s aggregation acumen presents chefs with an innovative tool for designing recipes strikes me as misguided.
    — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of designing
Verb
  • There was nothing fluky about the victory Western Michigan was preparing to celebrate.
    — Austin Meek, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • But behind the crisp white tablecloths, strict dress code and expensive steak dinners was a kitchen full of immigrant workers washing dishes, preparing food and keeping the restaurant running.
    — Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of preparing
Verb
  • Party discord has also been a problem as leaders like Assemblymember Carl DeMaio, R-San Diego, have developed their own fundraising and organizing infrastructure to harness political support independent of the state party.
    — Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The intimate gathering — a salon of sorts — harkened back to Steinem’s history of organizing women like this.
    — Adam Carlson, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of organizing
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“Blueprinting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blueprinting. Accessed 8 Sep. 2026.

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