as in chart
an illustration of certain features of a geographical area
a wall map of the United States
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Recent Examples of map
Dan Rockmore, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2025
King recommends visiting the Department of Health and Welfare’s interactive Recreational Water Health Advisories map to check for health advisories rather than solely rely on REACT.
—Alex Music
august 9, Idaho Statesman, 9 Aug. 2025
Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 11 Aug. 2025
Survivors lived in exile, and the town was erased from maps.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 10 Aug. 2025
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Noun
Their key move was analogical: drawing on earlier models for molecules and chemical reactions, the pair mapped those dynamics onto people and disease transmission.
—Dan Rockmore, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2025
King recommends visiting the Department of Health and Welfare’s interactive Recreational Water Health Advisories map to check for health advisories rather than solely rely on REACT.
—Alex Music
august 9, Idaho Statesman, 9 Aug. 2025
Verb
The meeting came as Trump’s political team has put pressure on Republicans to gerrymander their states’ U.S. House maps so Republicans can pick up additional seats.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 11 Aug. 2025
Survivors lived in exile, and the town was erased from maps.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 10 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for map
Noun
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The very next year, the total purse money tripled to over $2 million and since has moved like Secretariat up the charts.—
Danny Brewer,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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He’s been a depth chart riser and made an impressive run stuff in the first half.—
Doug Kyed,
Boston Herald,
16 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Danbury, Bethel, Deep River, East Haven, Groton and Montville either plan to or have completed similar facilities.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
5 Aug. 2025
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In general, in an FOB destination contract, the seller of products plans all the logistics.—
Steve Banker,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Legacy bot controls like robots.txt were designed for a different era.—
Jason Goldberg,
Forbes.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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Planes are specifically designed to withstand even severe turbulence and buckling your seatbelt is the surest way to avoid injury, Gallego Marcos said.—
Renée Rigdon,
CNN Money,
7 Aug. 2025
Verb
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There tends to be a noticeable gap between competence and mastery, a difference shaped by depth, training and perseverance.—
Razzak Jallow,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Kugler's departure gives Trump his first opening to shape the seven-member governing board at the Fed since returning to the White House.—
Scott Horsley,
NPR,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Map.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/map. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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