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
Walz isn't changing his game plan against Alabama, which beat three AP Top 25 teams this season.
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ABC News, 22 Mar. 2026
The best coaches will set aside time to work on new drills, figure out lineups, game plan for future opponents, and many other things that go under the radar but can make-or-break a season.
—Jack Murray, Boston Herald, 19 Mar. 2026
The Oklahoma State product had to navigate a lineup and execute his game plan in front of a rowdy crowd that was largely made up of fans rooting for the opposing team.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 18 Mar. 2026
Once Woltemade’s goals dried up, his unsuitability for Newcastle’s high-intensity game plan became apparent.
—Chris Waugh, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
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ABC News, 22 Mar. 2026
The best coaches will set aside time to work on new drills, figure out lineups, game plan for future opponents, and many other things that go under the radar but can make-or-break a season.
—Jack Murray, Boston Herald, 19 Mar. 2026
The Oklahoma State product had to navigate a lineup and execute his game plan in front of a rowdy crowd that was largely made up of fans rooting for the opposing team.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 18 Mar. 2026
Once Woltemade’s goals dried up, his unsuitability for Newcastle’s high-intensity game plan became apparent.
—Chris Waugh, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for game plan
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By the second day, a cable from headquarters informed Chalker that the plan had changed.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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Grant Willliams sat out the tail end of the Hornets’ back-to-back, which was the team’s third game in four nights, keeping in tune with the plan for him following his return from tears in his right ACL and meniscus.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Mar. 2026
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A lot of the Mustangs’ strategy against the Wolverines was to get the ball out wide and then double that kid and just try to frustrate Wakeland which Grapevine did time and time again.—
Darren Lauber,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Apr. 2026
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Leo, who studied canon law, has spent much of his first eleven months in office assessing the Vatican internally, like a new chief executive getting to know a firm’s culture before initiating strategies for optimal performance.—
Paul Elie,
New Yorker,
4 Apr. 2026
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These are like blueprints that show how a company's defenses are set up.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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Marc Spieler, Senior Managing Director of Energy at NVIDIA, emphasized that this collaboration serves as a blueprint for the future of infrastructure.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Apr. 2026
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This year, Six Senses debuted its inaugural Female Wellness program, focusing on perimenopause and menopause, in partnership with leading women’s health advocate Dr Mindy Pelz.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
31 Mar. 2026
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Last week, a bill that would have codifed Idaho’s existing program in statute and grant the Attorney General’s Office authority to investigate and prosecute providers for fraud failed to pass the Senate.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
31 Mar. 2026
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The prosecution said all along that the two younger defendants were part of the scheme, but Alaniz Pineda was the one who shot Canoy.—
Shannon Tyler,
Idaho Statesman,
4 Apr. 2026
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Authorities arrested eight people accused of conducting a series of health care fraud schemes that bilked tens of millions of dollars from Medicare and other insurance companies across Southern California, prosecutors announced April 2.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2026
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Additional nightly closures will occur near Appian Way, Carquinez Bridge, West MacArthur to I-80 and the interchange of I-980 and I-580 throughout the project.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
4 Apr. 2026
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If passed, the city would finish the project before 2030 while continuing to pay back the loan with money from residents’ water and sewer bills.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
4 Apr. 2026
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The hard part was laying out where to place the roughly half-dozen access points and trailheads the project will create along the length of the area, which the master plan refers to as the Maumelle Pinnacles Conservation Area.—
Grant Lancaster,
Arkansas Online,
31 Mar. 2026
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Mercyhurst will drop its Division I men's hockey program at the end of the academic year as part of a university-wide master plan, the 2,600-student private school announced on Friday.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Game plan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/game%20plan. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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