Thesaurus results for GAME PLANS

game plans

noun

plural of game plan

as in plans

a method worked out in advance for achieving some objective what's our game plan for touring the city?

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Recent Examples of game plans Opponents bake it into their game plans. —

Mirjam Swanson, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026 Defense ruins game plans and wins games in a league where the toughest come out on top. —

Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 29 May 2026 Chelsea’s glaring lack of impactful squad depth may not matter quite so much with free midweeks, and Alonso may be able to tailor his game plans more intricately towards exploiting the specific weaknesses of Premier League opponents. —

Liam Twomey, New York Times, 25 May 2026 The game plans to expand with PvP and PvE modes, and is recognized as a quality PvPvE extraction game by those playing it, but…not enough people are playing it, especially if it's now meant to float Bungie as a studio and be Sony’s flagship live service offering, given all of the above. —

Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026 Finch put his finger on the trouble during one of the regular-season ruts, identifying a moodiness that gets in the way of the type of surgical execution of game plans that the defending champion Oklahoma City and now San Antonio can consistently lean on. —

CBS News, 16 May 2026 Brian Dutcher and his staff work hard during the basketball season, planning practices, formulating game plans, watching film, meeting with players, visiting with high school recruits, speaking with the media, talking to administrators, attending donor events, raising money, getting on planes. —

Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026 Head coach Eric Musselman also told reporters on a Zoom call in late October that Baker-Mazara sometimes took freedom within game plans. —

Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 3 Mar. 2026 Expect offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels to run Stevenson inside, where the Broncos are a little softer than other areas against the run, especially versus groupings with six offensive linemen; a staple of the Pats’ recent game plans. —

Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 25 Jan. 2026

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Next year, these plans for retirees will increase on average by less than 1%.

— William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 18 June 2026
Each federal land management agency has its own regulations with criteria for managing off-road vehicle use — for instance, the BLM uses travel management plans to determine where vehicles are allowed on specific pieces of land.

— Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026