road map
noun
1
: a map showing roads especially for automobile travel
2
a
: a detailed plan to guide progress toward a goal
b
: a detailed explanation
Synonyms
Examples of road map in a Sentence
Did you bring a road map?
a road map to peace
Recent Examples on the Web
Last month, scientists from NOAA and other federal agencies proposed a road map for researching marine cloud brightening.
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Christopher Flavelle Ian C. Bates, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2024
The Road Map Creating the road map is about planning your path forward.
—Angela Quach, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
The cracks San Diego State had shown this season, like a telling road map, widened at the flick of every wrist.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2024
In December 2023, a federal advisory subcommittee called the Particle Physics Project Prioritization Panel (P5) laid out a road map for the next decade of research in the U.S.
—Byadrian Cho, science.org, 28 Mar. 2024
The second weekend will involve a broader philosophical conversation about what a just society looks like, said Wang, who hopes the project will create a road map for others.
—Sophie Alexander, Fortune Europe, 15 Mar. 2024
And for me, this public-private partnership with the government of the Philippines and USAID is the road map.
—Katherine MacPhail, STAT, 16 Mar. 2024
Reagan deftly provided the road map to the nation’s racial future.
—Nikole Hannah-Jones, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024
In fact, Medvedev established a new center, the Institute of Modern Development, to oversee the cautious liberalizing not only of the economy but also of politics, in what was supposed to be a road map for Russia’s future.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 7 Mar. 2024
Christopher Flavelle Ian C. Bates, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2024
The Road Map Creating the road map is about planning your path forward.
—Angela Quach, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
The cracks San Diego State had shown this season, like a telling road map, widened at the flick of every wrist.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2024
In December 2023, a federal advisory subcommittee called the Particle Physics Project Prioritization Panel (P5) laid out a road map for the next decade of research in the U.S.
—Byadrian Cho, science.org, 28 Mar. 2024
The second weekend will involve a broader philosophical conversation about what a just society looks like, said Wang, who hopes the project will create a road map for others.
—Sophie Alexander, Fortune Europe, 15 Mar. 2024
And for me, this public-private partnership with the government of the Philippines and USAID is the road map.
—Katherine MacPhail, STAT, 16 Mar. 2024
Reagan deftly provided the road map to the nation’s racial future.
—Nikole Hannah-Jones, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024
In fact, Medvedev established a new center, the Institute of Modern Development, to oversee the cautious liberalizing not only of the economy but also of politics, in what was supposed to be a road map for Russia’s future.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 7 Mar. 2024
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“Road map.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/road%20map. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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