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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In the years since L.A. adopted the Vision Zero framework, more than 2,800 people have been killed in crashes on city streets.
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Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2025
Engineering strength depends on an interpretive framework that relates forces, the size of an object and their ratio − which represents mechanical stress.
—Zachary Del Rosario, The Conversation, 18 Apr. 2025
Meanwhile, masculinity remains one of the only frameworks that confers dignity: so much so that it's being used to position a return to manual labor as more meaningful than upward mobility.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
That said, the details within that framework may change or evolve significantly during development.
—Alan Bradley, ArsTechnica, 17 Apr. 2025
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Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2025
Engineering strength depends on an interpretive framework that relates forces, the size of an object and their ratio − which represents mechanical stress.
—Zachary Del Rosario, The Conversation, 18 Apr. 2025
Meanwhile, masculinity remains one of the only frameworks that confers dignity: so much so that it's being used to position a return to manual labor as more meaningful than upward mobility.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
That said, the details within that framework may change or evolve significantly during development.
—Alan Bradley, ArsTechnica, 17 Apr. 2025
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“Framework.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/framework. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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