ground plan

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Recent Examples of ground plan Another researcher, Stéphane Potier, tackled Ulrich von Ensingen’s early-15th-century ground plan of an octagonal tower at Strasbourg. Justin Davidson, Curbed, 23 Apr. 2026 Room for Disagreement Faragasso, of the Institute for Science and International Security, argued a Special Operations ground plan would be far too dangerous and complex, making the option less likely for the US. Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 7 Mar. 2026 In this original usage, it was associated with concepts like designs, ground plans, and sketches—flat forms to be realized as physical structures. Leo Kim, WIRED, 5 Sep. 2023 The possible dichotomy between ground plan and volumetric form has never been more apparent to me. Martin Filler, The New York Review of Books, 22 May 2023 Clues were found in the remains of the buildings, ground plans, monuments, and plazas. Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 6 Mar. 2023 The keep-it-in-the-ground plan would require billions of dollars in appropriations from Congress -- and the administration just recently lost a bid in Congress to spend $3 billion buying oil for the government’s strategic reserve. Sheela Tobben, Bloomberg.com, 5 May 2020
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Noun
  • Corlys, one of few characters on the show who has survived long enough to ask for a favor in return for his service, shares his plan with Rhaenyra, asking her earnestly for public support from the crown.
    Zoe Papelis, Vulture, 6 July 2026
  • The government claimed the feature could increase cybercrime incidents and has directed the platform to pause its plans.
    Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 6 July 2026
Noun
  • Sometimes in big matches, being afraid of taking a risk is the riskiest strategy of all.
    Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
  • Even on a team with world-class strikers and wingers, Mbappe oftentimes felt like the sole focus of Spain’s defensive strategy.
    Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 July 2026
Noun
  • True oversight starts at the blueprint stage, not after the technology has already scaled.
    Pravir Malik, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
  • The Project 2025 blueprint singled out federal broadband policy as a target for cutting agency spending.
    Sequoia Carrillo, NPR, 10 July 2026
Noun
  • Those include loyalty, membership or rewards programs that customers enroll in or if the savings are offered to broad groups of people, such as teachers, military members or senior citizens.
    Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 11 July 2026
  • Friday’s announcement comes after CAA called for Meta to implement guardrails for Muse, despite the agency rolling out its own AI Vault program to archive its members’ likenesses forever.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 10 July 2026
Noun
  • The couple are accused of operating a scheme that targeted fellow Vietnamese immigrants.
    Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
  • The two were using different error correction schemes (a surface code and a color code).
    John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 10 July 2026
Noun
  • According to Simmons, that was never part of any master plan.
    Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 10 July 2026
  • In 2024, city officials selected an architecture, planning and design firm to produce a master plan for a future 30 Crossing park.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 July 2026

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“Ground plan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ground%20plan. Accessed 17 Jul. 2026.

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