as in plan
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 plan
So on his first day as chief executive, Hollar laid out a cutthroat game plan to bring Cardinal Health back to its former glory, including slashing business segments and slimming down the company.
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Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 20 July 2025
Your game plan should focus on calming inflammation, strengthening the skin barrier, and keeping things gentle.
—Sarah Madaus, Allure, 24 July 2025
Moore said the entire team was involved in the game plan at Boise State, and that shaped his philosophy as a coach.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 16 July 2025
LaChance’s game plan to use jerkbait lures in ’16 proved to be key in the victory.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 16 July 2025
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Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 20 July 2025
Your game plan should focus on calming inflammation, strengthening the skin barrier, and keeping things gentle.
—Sarah Madaus, Allure, 24 July 2025
Moore said the entire team was involved in the game plan at Boise State, and that shaped his philosophy as a coach.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 16 July 2025
LaChance’s game plan to use jerkbait lures in ’16 proved to be key in the victory.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 16 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for game plan
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The judge has denied Musk’s request to block OpenAI’s restructuring plans, tossed out some of Musk’s claims and permitted OpenAI’s counterclaim to proceed.—
John Hyatt,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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Residents vehemently rejected a 2019 plan to demolish two buildings with new infill construction, raising questions about how a majority chose a complete tear-down just years later.—
Stacy Torres,
New York Daily News,
16 Aug. 2025
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Pierce Crosby, managing partner of strategy consulting firm Merchant Seven, spoke to these developments.—
Charles Lloyd Bovaird II,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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But Bank of America is taking a different strategy.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
6 Aug. 2025
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While framed as a technological roadmap, the manifesto doubles as an unintentional and necessary blueprint for how modern organizations must evolve.—
Julian Hayes II,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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The lower floor will be built using Icon's own 3D printer, which will follow a blueprint and extrude a proprietary cement-like mixture out of a nozzle in layers, building up the basic shell.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
11 Aug. 2025
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That guarantee reduces lender risk, but only if program requirements are strictly followed.—
Adam Craig,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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From there, the program will expand to several other cities through October, with more dates to be announced soon.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
6 Aug. 2025
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From a scheme perspective, that would also fall on LaFleur.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Aug. 2025
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So yes, before the green flag dropped Saturday, with the throwback paint scheme unchipped and pristine — that was the moment that everyone was waiting on.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
17 Aug. 2025
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This effort emerged from the activism on college campuses that produced the creation of groups such as the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), which was formed in 1960 and was known for organizing sit-ins and the Freedom Summer voter outreach project in 1964.—
Time,
Time,
7 Aug. 2025
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The Commerce Township filmmaker set and shot the project in and around her hometown.—
Julie Hinds,
Freep.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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There is no timeline as to when the entire project will be complete, but county parks officials anticipate the park’s master plan and the 130 acre addition will be complete by the end of this year, and the trail connection will be complete next year.—
Taylor O'Connor,
Kansas City Star,
14 Aug. 2025
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By 2035, the airport was forecast to have 255,000 annual takeoffs and landings, according to the airport’s master plan adopted in 2020.—
Angie DiMichele,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Aug. 2025
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