as in charts
an illustration of certain features of a geographical area
a wall map of the United States
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Recent Examples of maps
Kerry Breen, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
Some of Bert’s drawings are like maps.
—Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2026
And the House has not produced any maps despite holding two committee hearings on redistricting.
—Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2026
This monument is well off the grid, with no cell service (download your maps offline ahead of time) and few roads.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2026
Utility boxes, street signs and maps of Little Tokyo attractions are plastered with stickers and graffiti.
—Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2026
Adding to that, old maps and documents often referred to the creek by a racial slur.
—Sarah Ritter, Kansas City Star, 10 Apr. 2026
The cul-de-sac is located in the Brookfield subdivision, off Sunset Road, maps show.
—Mark Price
april 6, Charlotte Observer, 6 Apr. 2026
This comes amide a wider push among states to redress Congressional maps ahead of the 2026 midterms.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 6 Apr. 2026
Noun
Hooker also shared his account of what happened with several friends and even annotated maps of the area.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
Some of Bert’s drawings are like maps.
—Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2026
And the House has not produced any maps despite holding two committee hearings on redistricting.
—Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2026
This monument is well off the grid, with no cell service (download your maps offline ahead of time) and few roads.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2026
Utility boxes, street signs and maps of Little Tokyo attractions are plastered with stickers and graffiti.
—Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2026
Adding to that, old maps and documents often referred to the creek by a racial slur.
—Sarah Ritter, Kansas City Star, 10 Apr. 2026
The cul-de-sac is located in the Brookfield subdivision, off Sunset Road, maps show.
—Mark Price
april 6, Charlotte Observer, 6 Apr. 2026
This comes amide a wider push among states to redress Congressional maps ahead of the 2026 midterms.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 6 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for maps
Noun
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Anthropic’s Claude, too, provides similar tutorials with interactive charts and diagrams.—
Jibin Joseph,
PC Magazine,
10 Apr. 2026
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One charts the earth, the other the sky.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Kenya, for instance, plans to bring a small modular reactor online in 2034 after starting the first phase in 2009.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Asher Bende plans to major in music education and aspires to become a music educator.—
Elizabeth Marie Himchak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Apr. 2026
Verb
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As a bonus, Anthropologie designs them from regenerative cotton, a more sustainable manufacturing process that reduces water, fertilizer, and carbon use.—
Irene Richardson,
InStyle,
11 Apr. 2026
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Tesla already designs its own chips, but Musk’s companies have never actually made them.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
7 Apr. 2026
Verb
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But director Rachel Dretzin shapes Marie’s footage and fresh interviews into an unusual but worthy tale of one woman’s commitment to bring down an evildoer.—
Stuart Miller,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2026
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From the opening scene of the family’s move to town, the soft and wistful light shapes the film’s emotional world.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Our enterprising Gravedigger, a true woman of science, engineers a lizard elixir and regenerates the finger into a long tentacle that eventually demands a body.—
Katie Walsh,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Mar. 2026
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Setup is seamless thanks to AI Sonic Auto Room Calibration, which engineers the audio to your specific space.—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
19 Mar. 2026
Verb
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But at these Olympics, they’ve been seen from above, as a drone operator — a former ski jumper himself — maneuvers a drone behind a skier at the moment of liftoff, high above the ground.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
14 Feb. 2026
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Laura is able to shove Cherry hard enough to pry Daniel away from her and lock her in the room, but Cherry jumps out of the balcony, sacrificing her ankle, and maneuvers herself back into the house.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Maps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maps. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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