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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Powell and Waldron saw possibility beneath the surface of the prank.
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Jp Mangalindan, Time, 30 Sep. 2025
To execute its game plan, Gaumont can look, however, to several tailwinds.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 29 Sep. 2025
But this week was the first time that defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo plugged it in a weekly game plan.
—Kansas City Star, 29 Sep. 2025
The role of a backup quarterback is to be in touch and in tune, helmet in hand, game plan in mind.
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2025
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Jp Mangalindan, Time, 30 Sep. 2025
To execute its game plan, Gaumont can look, however, to several tailwinds.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 29 Sep. 2025
But this week was the first time that defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo plugged it in a weekly game plan.
—Kansas City Star, 29 Sep. 2025
The role of a backup quarterback is to be in touch and in tune, helmet in hand, game plan in mind.
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for game plan
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Defending Education’s Nicole Neily, who was also at McMahon’s confirmation, stood next to McMahon when the secretary announced an investigation into the Maine Department of Education for keeping records from parents about student gender identity plans.—
Megan O’Matz,
ProPublica,
8 Oct. 2025
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Containment is part of a larger plan for managing a wildfire.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
8 Oct. 2025
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Fast-forward to the end of the first half, and the Lions’ decision (and what would have been Kansas City’s usual strategy) paid off for the home team.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
13 Oct. 2025
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For buyers, extra money dries up GM’s strategy of crafting electrified options for its most popular models like the Chevrolet Blazer, Equinox and Silverado directly addressed what consumers wanted from the automaker’s emerging offerings, said Joseph Yoon, Edmunds' consumer insights analyst.—
Jackie Charniga,
USA Today,
13 Oct. 2025
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In running for president, Milei made dollarization the centerpiece of his economic blueprint.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
8 Oct. 2025
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Gustavsson provides a good blueprint for Wallstedt, too — an example of how goalies don’t always take off right away.—
Joe Smith,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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To prepare them, DHL built an 18-month CIM Supervisory Excellence Academy within its Certified International Specialist (CIS) program.—
Samuel Burke,
Fortune,
9 Oct. 2025
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My record includes bringing major sports franchises like the Heat, Marlins and Panthers; building police substations; crafting the SMART Plan; winning single-member district reforms; and funding after-school programs with private dollars.—
Miami Herald Staff,
Miami Herald,
8 Oct. 2025
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Cornerback Jourdan Lewis has been playing at a high level, but Tyson Campbell didn’t look like a scheme fit, which might explain why he was recently traded along with a seventh-round pick for Greg Newsome and a sixth-round pick from the Cleveland Browns.—
Ted Nguyen,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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Other rural regions of Italy have had similar experiences and also launched similar schemes over the last several years with the goal of boosting development and combating depopulation.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
10 Oct. 2025
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Since being deployed to the nation’s capital in August, many guardsmen have been assigned to help with beautification projects like picking up trash and laying mulch, according to CNN.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Oct. 2025
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After setting the single-week modern-era consumption record for an album, the project has also broken the modern-era record for the most albums sold in a week in the United States, according to initial reports to data tracking firm Luminate.—
Mitchell Peters,
Billboard,
12 Oct. 2025
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That leaves Sidney and Frank to piece together Havlock’s motive and master plan.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
10 Oct. 2025
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The new 539-page master plan, the first new growth blueprint for the airport in more than 45 years, includes new infrastructure such as runways, taxiways, hangars and other airplane parking.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Oct. 2025
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