master plan

noun

Definition of master plannext
as in plan
a method worked out in advance for achieving some objective my neighbor assured me that the wisdom of his master plan for his yard would be apparent once everything was finished

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Recent Examples of master plan In 2024, city officials selected an architecture, planning and design firm to produce a master plan for a future 30 Crossing park. — Arkansas Online, 7 July 2026 So don’t be alarmed because this is Mother Nature’s master plan in action. — Jill Schildhouse, Southern Living, 4 July 2026 The final apartment building in the master plan adds 62 to the total units, making 179 affordable apartments. — Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026 In late 2022, the state hired the firm KPMG to create a 20-year master plan for Florida’s prisons. — Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 29 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for master plan
Recent Examples of Synonyms for master plan
  1. plan
  2. strategy
  3. blueprint
  4. program
  5. scheme
  6. project
Noun
  • He’s pivoted nicely from relying on Aemond and Vhagar to a plan that involves sowing chaos and propping up a challenger by, among other things, printing new money with the challenger’s face on it.
    — Brian Grubb, Vulture, 20 July 2026
  • Most recently, a flurry of appeals from several governments — including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Qatar — dissuaded Trump from following through on a plan to collect fees from ships transiting the strait.
    — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
Definition of plan
Noun
  • Sometimes in big matches, being afraid of taking a risk is the riskiest strategy of all.
    — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
  • Even on a team with world-class strikers and wingers, Mbappe oftentimes felt like the sole focus of Spain’s defensive strategy.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 July 2026
Definition of strategy
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  • Nicole Kidman is serving up the aesthetic blueprint for the ultimate European summer, from embracing power suiting in Wimbledon’s Royal Box to showing off her natural blonde curls while jet-setting out of Ibiza.
    — Lara Walsh, InStyle, 18 July 2026
  • Keep scrolling to shop more sneakers and dresses inspired by Kylie Kelce’s outfit blueprint below.
    — Jill Layton, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026
Definition of blueprint
Noun
  • The program allows people who make sizable investments in a country to apply for citizenship.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 18 July 2026
  • This year’s tour is themed Lost Islands of Tiki, and will encompass eight home bars, two of which are new to the program.
    — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 18 July 2026
Definition of program
Noun
  • In general, most experts agree that for a foreign vote-changing scheme to work, spooks would have to get physical access to the casting and counting systems used in thousands of different locations scattered around the country.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 17 July 2026
  • The scheme also aims to start environmental education activities in schools so that sharks will come to be seen as part of the region’s natural heritage.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 July 2026
Definition of scheme
Noun
  • The Digital Realty proposal is the first project vying to get an exemption from Atlanta’s ban, raising questions about balancing urban land use and digital infrastructure.
    — Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 15 July 2026
  • That is what makes Grand Cay Golf Resort one of the more important projects to watch in El Limón.
    — Rafael Peña, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026
Definition of project

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