master plans

plural of master plan

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Recent Examples of master plans In a time when destinations are trying to achieve their tourism sustainability goals with master plans, Chichibu suggests there might be a different way. Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2026 Instead of preparing separate master plans for each site, a process that has delayed projects for years, the city would streamline planning standards across commercial areas. Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2026 Exceptions include areas identified as travel routes in master plans, areas designated as open for off-trail use and areas designated by rangers as open for off-trail use for public access. Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 25 June 2026 In this case, Irvine’s planning commission approved master plans for The Canopy in November 2023. Fielding Buck, Oc Register, 25 May 2026 No matter what, though, Wigder believes the city’s master plans, or blueprints for the future, need to be looked at and updated responsibly. Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2026 Her love of art led her to start Citi Arts, a public art and urban planning company that has created public art master plans for airports, transit facilities, streetscapes, and cities nationwide. Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026 And automakers worldwide were scrambling over each other to grab the microphone and make proclamations about their grand EV master plans and latest all-electric products. New Atlas, 23 Feb. 2026 That absence recalls how Black communities have been deliberately omitted from Miami’s master plans for generations, first through segregation and redlining, now through redevelopment that renders the people who lived here an inconvenient memory. Alexandra Martinez, Artforum, 15 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for master plans
Noun
  • As residents complain and other communities, such as Monroe County and Sumpter Township, have scaled back or decided against Flock cameras, Waterford police have no plans to take down these cameras anytime soon.
    Heath Kalb, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Later, the Moon opposes Uranus in your 5th House of Creativity and Play, bringing a spontaneous idea, romantic spark, or change in personal plans.
    Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 20 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • That combination can make the usual credit card payoff strategies difficult to sustain.
    Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Many countries will benefit from similar hedgehog strategies that draw on the technological revolution favoring defense, insulating their territories against contagion.
    Mark Leonard, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Leeds and Brentford also offer blueprints for how to survive in the Premier League.
    Liam Tharme, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Architects develop blueprints for order and try to mold the world to their designs, developing universal norms and anchoring security in multilateral institutions.
    Mark Leonard, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Proposition 1, the Veterans and Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2026, would provide billions of dollars for affordable housing development, expand homeownership programs and invest in solutions to address the state's chronic issue with homelessness.
    Darrielle Fair, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • In contrast to the other programs Teonic has led, the Bears are not in need of a turnaround, having won at least eight games in 13 of the past 19 full seasons and advanced to the Class 6A quarterfinals last season.
    Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The change could reshape one of the most ambitious AI infrastructure projects in the US.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2026
  • With so many projects in the works, what could the LuckyChap team possibly do next?
    Angelique Jackson, Variety, 14 Aug. 2026

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“Master plans.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/master%20plans. Accessed 21 Aug. 2026.

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