as in plans
a method worked out in advance for achieving some objective
their ground plan is first to finish college and then get married
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Mike James, general manager of SentryWorld and vice president of Sentry Insurance, and director of golf Danny Rainbow elaborated on the plans for the renovations — to be led Jay Blasi, who oversaw the massive overhaul of the course in 2013.—
Jeff Goudy,
Forbes.com,
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However, the killing of two people by federal agents in recent weeks has refocused plans.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 Jan. 2026
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Include specific time commitments and batch creation strategies.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Even nationally, some activist groups have pushed back against protest strategies that could lead to clashes.—
Tim Sullivan,
Fortune,
29 Jan. 2026
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Walt wasn’t familiar with blueprints, design plans and other technical drawings when construction began on the park, according to Disneyland Chief Art Director Dick Irvine.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
24 Jan. 2026
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His other priorities included redevelopment in the Civic Center area of downtown, a proposal to spend $118 million over the next five years on modernization and upgrades to the city’s waterfront Convention Center, and continuing with neighborhood growth blueprints.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Jan. 2026
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Bates said his office is working with state leaders on programs aimed at repeat offenders returning from prison but acknowledged that prosecutors alone cannot address recidivism.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
25 Jan. 2026
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The Four Seasons also hosts annual hospitality career experience programs for children from the Seondeokwon orphanage, offering baking or bartending workshops.—
Christopher Elliott,
Forbes.com,
25 Jan. 2026
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Officials say the scammers' schemes range from the savvy to the sloppy -- and all are brazen.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
28 Jan. 2026
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In Minnesota, investigators and journalists have raised serious questions about fraud schemes tied to networks that disproportionately benefited non-citizens, while the families actually paying into the system were left footing the bill.—
Jennifer Nassour,
Boston Herald,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Ground plans.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ground%20plans. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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