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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 A number of offensive minds — Johnson, Zac (and Press) Taylor, Doyle, Liam Coen, Brady, Drew Petzing and others — are making playbooks and game plans easier to digest. — Dan Pompei, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026 The lessons shared Monday weren’t intended to help coaches draw up better game plans. — Timothy Dashiell, Baltimore Sun, 5 Aug. 2026 Jared Verse, traded to Cleveland in the Garrett blockbuster, commanded some extra attention that freed up the likes of Byron Young and Kobie Turner, but nothing compared to what Garrett will do to opposing offensive game plans. — Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 23 July 2026 For years, opponents built defensive game plans around limiting Mbappe’s space. — Clemente Lisi, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 Designed for everything from match point to post-game plans, the Court Champ Racerback Tennis Dress is a sleek fusion of performance and polished style. — Julia Morlino, Travel + Leisure, 28 June 2026 Break down overwhelming objectives with step-by-step game plans. — Maressa Brown, Parents, 18 June 2026 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for game plans
  1. plans
  2. strategies
  3. blueprints
  4. programs
  5. projects
Noun
  • As a result, plans need to be made to deal with the logistics of several celestial vehicles taxiing and docking at the port and eventually at a permanent moon settlement.
    — Devika Rao, TheWeek, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Pricing plans, rebate information and outage status were flagged as the most consistently difficult content for customers to navigate across every utility digital channel studied.
    — Amber Mullaney, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of plans
Noun
  • Xiaomi, Li Auto and Geely are also among EV makers making moves into the robotics sector, although their strategies differ.
    — Jenny Lee,Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The researchers plan to develop better in-vitro culture strategies to extend muscle life, as well as neuron-like flexible thin-film electrodes that can distribute electrical stimulation more uniformly across the tissue.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of strategies
Noun
  • For more than a century, college football has inspired the building of vast concrete-and-steel on-campus cathedrals — only for the names on the blueprints to become historical footnotes.
    — Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The genes serve as blueprints for making proteins that drive brain development, but researchers lacked visibility into how those proteins do the work.
    — Pien Huang, NPR, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of blueprints
Noun
  • Contract terms, vendor requirements, safety programs and business continuity planning can reduce either the likelihood or financial severity of certain losses before financing enters the equation.
    — Randy Sadler, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • An odd message for programs built for communication, used widely in writing and publishing.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of programs
Noun
  • With its latest funding, Kanin plans to scale waste heat-to-power and other on-site generation projects across North American heavy industry, focusing on energy costs, reliability and emissions.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The White House privately reached out to some Democratic lawmakers to sway them on the procedural vote with promises like infrastructure projects, according to one lawmaker.
    — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of projects

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