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ground plans

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plural of ground plan

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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The new plans bring the group’s total billboards across those three states to more than 350.

— Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Several lawmakers, including Republicans, have spoken out against plans to broadcast the execution.

— Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026

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This work evidences both a moral courage and brash authority on Simon’s part and speaks to the deep ethical complexity of her concerns and strategies as an artist.

— Stephanie Wambugu, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2026
Her path crosses with that of Inocência, an enslaved Black woman who possesses healing knowledge, knows the land, and devises her own strategies of resistance.

— Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026

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Repeatable blueprints are emerging, and athletes eyeing a second career as Hollywood moguls would be wise to focus their efforts in one of these directions.

— Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 7 Oct. 2026
Holtec has coordinated engineering hubs across several countries to finalize the technical blueprints.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of blueprints

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But the recent ads differ from many past public service announcements in that they aren’t aimed at helping members of the public benefit from specific government programs.

— Gene Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026
There are more training programs, money is going towards new creative voices, and successful veterans are seeing their biggest and boldest ideas backed with the capital to make noise.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of programs

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For private schemes, the requirements include publicly available criteria, independent monitoring of compliance and procedures to withdraw or suspend a label when requirements are breached.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026
The sentiment was that Hampton, an extremely talented back, would be paired with one of the best run-game schemes in football.

— Sam Jane, Denver Post, 9 Oct. 2026

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