as in structure
the arrangement of parts that gives something its basic form
you've got the framework of the story and just need to fill in the details
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Recent Examples of framework
At the very moment predictable frameworks are becoming a competitive asset, Europe risks signalling drift.
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Felicia Jackson, Forbes.com, 3 Oct. 2025
First, regularly remind students and teachers that anything schools try – literacy frameworks, teaching practices, new assessments – is a best guess.
—Justin Reich, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
The group said bigger political issues — governance, sovereignty, and Palestinian rights — must be settled within a broader national framework and international law.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Aerosol emissions have declined globally—partly from efforts to reduce pollution from global shipping—but absent any unified policy framework for reductions, levels could easily surge back.
—Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2025
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Felicia Jackson, Forbes.com, 3 Oct. 2025
First, regularly remind students and teachers that anything schools try – literacy frameworks, teaching practices, new assessments – is a best guess.
—Justin Reich, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
The group said bigger political issues — governance, sovereignty, and Palestinian rights — must be settled within a broader national framework and international law.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Aerosol emissions have declined globally—partly from efforts to reduce pollution from global shipping—but absent any unified policy framework for reductions, levels could easily surge back.
—Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for framework
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Vehicle owners are advised to park the vehicle outside and away from any structures and other vehicles until the recall is fixed.—
Olivia Evans,
Louisville Courier Journal,
2 Oct. 2025
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The new species was identified by its DNA, body size, skin texture, coloring, finger and toe shape, skeletal structure, teeth, and other subtle physical features, researchers said.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
2 Oct. 2025
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Many residents and Village business owners have worried that both developments will overcrowd the area and contrast with the architecture of the historic neighborhood.—
Bridget Fogarty,
jsonline.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Verbatim Reginald Dwayne Betts A 2012 essay from the American Poetry Review on poetry and the architecture of anger.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Framework.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/framework. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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