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
Allison Palmer, Charlotte Observer, 11 June 2025
Click on the map to see the exact number of violations issued in each ward.
—Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2025
Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2025
The city, as a bureaucratic operation, had lost track of its forests, and NRG staffers spread out to map them, discovering places that, owing to white flight and deindustrialization, had become nearly wild.
—Robert Sullivan, Curbed, 9 June 2025
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Noun
July is your season to wander off the map and breathe easier.
—Allison Palmer, Charlotte Observer, 11 June 2025
Click on the map to see the exact number of violations issued in each ward.
—Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2025
Verb
Local scientists help map silky shark populations For the first time, researchers have mapped the population structure of silky sharks in the eastern Pacific Ocean, offering new insights that could guide future conservation and management of the vulnerable species.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2025
The city, as a bureaucratic operation, had lost track of its forests, and NRG staffers spread out to map them, discovering places that, owing to white flight and deindustrialization, had become nearly wild.
—Robert Sullivan, Curbed, 9 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for map
Noun
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This time around, Greatest Hits breaks back onto both the Official Albums Sales and Official Physical Albums charts at Nos. 87 and 86, respectively.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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Running the numbers The SEC concluded its meetings by handing out a seven-page document, filled with charts and graphs to visualize various popular advanced metrics used to evaluate and rank college football teams.—
Ralph D. Russo,
New York Times,
17 June 2025
Verb
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If there is not rain in the forecast, plan to irrigate during the morning hours.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
18 June 2025
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Israelis have stocked up not knowing what their government is planning and how this will unfold.—
Orly Halpern,
Time,
18 June 2025
Verb
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The capsule will be exhibited in a space designed by designer Linda Bergroth, will take place at 3DaysofDesign in Copenhagen on June 17 to June 21 at the Marimekko store on Pilestraede 29.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
10 June 2025
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Production designing the ornate bathroom was an adventure.—
Bill Desowitz,
IndieWire,
10 June 2025
Verb
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The hard part is to successfully shape what comes next.—
Howard Homonoff,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Collectively, these changes affected virtually every major institution that shaped Americans’ daily lives—especially institutions that had offered, for generations, ways of understanding and navigating observable differences between human societies, cultures, and bodies.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2025
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“Map.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/map. Accessed 24 Jun. 2025.
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