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mapping

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Definition of mapping

present participle of map

as in planning

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The president is planning to take the stage both nights of the convention, giving a keynote address Wednesday and then closing remarks after Vice President JD Vance gives his own speech the following night.

— Will Weissert, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026
Louisiana site moves forward The company is also planning a technology-neutral screening of available small modular reactor designs.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2026

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Marino waved away any issue about designing for different brands under the LVMH umbrella.

— Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2026
First-time bar-and-restaurant owners Jason and Stacey Fagundes, of Nampa, are designing the concept with help from a consulting team.

— Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 15 Sep. 2026

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Everyone from the president of the New York Yankees (Randy Levine) to an oil billionaire (Cody Campbell) to a private equity firm (Smash Capital) is shaping the future of college athletics with no meaningful input from actual college athletes.

— Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
This is part of how Hollywood helped make the gerbil legend, shaping stars to deliver fantasies but telling lies along the way.

— Allen Salkin, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026

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This is especially true if the risks are actually existential ones, such as engineering a bioweapon.

— Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026
Leon Lauritsen is the CEO of Aras, a leading provider of digital thread solutions for product lifecycle management (PLM) and engineering AI.

— Leon Lauritsen, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026

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