Thesaurus results for MAPPING (OUT)

mapping (out)

verb

Definition of mapping (out)

present participle of map (out)

as in planning

to work out the details of (something) in advance mapped out a plan for the fledgling company to become profitable within two years

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Unai Emery has been planning for the exit of No 1 Emi Martinez for the last two summers, and much detailed work has duly gone into sourcing his replacement.

— Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
The governor is now planning to veto the remaining provisions in the bill, according to sources familiar with the discussions.

— Julie Watts, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of planning

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Making this show is a combination of preparing for something—and then preparing for things to go another way completely.

— Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Aug. 2026
One potential recruit was preparing to graduate and was interested in becoming a diesel mechanic in the military.

— Steven Beynon, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of preparing

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For decades, Canada Goose ducked out of designing summer clothing.

— Kyle MacNeill, Vogue, 19 Aug. 2026
The lawsuit accuses Meta of contributing to the youth mental health crisis by knowingly and deliberately designing features that addict children to its platforms and hide these harms from the public.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of designing

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His campaign spent the summer ramping up fundraising, staff and organizing infrastructure.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
Others are organizing underground schools to fill gaps in education and collaborating closely with Afghans in exile to prepare legal action against the Taliban’s abuses.

— Rina Amiri, Foreign Affairs, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of organizing

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This means taxpayers won’t be responsible for determining eligibility or calculating their own deduction as many were for their 2025 return.

— Sarah Agostino, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2026
Leaders in that town were also outraged and are calculating the cost of clean up with the intention of billing the firm, officials have said.

— Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2026

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