as in plans
a method worked out in advance for achieving some objective an ambitious young man with a remarkably detailed blueprint for becoming a millionaire by the age of 25
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as in designs
to work out the details of (something) in advance blueprinted the schedule of events for the festival right down to the last detail
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Recent Examples of blueprints
Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2026 In the past, peptides were generally believed to be fragments of larger proteins; this doctor’s work helped establish that our genes actually code for many small peptides directly, some of which could become targets or blueprints for new drugs. —Hannah Jocelyn, New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2026 Material innovators pitched to impact investors, private sector leaders shared their blueprints for change, and activists mobilized the committed and recently converted alike. —Bella Webb, Vogue, 2 Apr. 2026 These are like blueprints that show how a company's defenses are set up. —Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 1 Apr. 2026 Bedrock's team could realize from old blueprints that there once had been a soaring atrium. —Jc Reindl, Freep.com, 31 Mar. 2026 The other has those same books — plus the blueprints, soil samples, and maintenance records for every building in a specific area for the last twenty years. —Leagh Turner, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2026 The call for ideas isn’t a professional design competition, or a solicitation of architectural blueprints, Laymon said. —Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026 That’s why the city released an eight-page pre-construction checklist along with the blueprints. —Mark Dee march 27, Idaho Statesman, 27 Mar. 2026
Chris Perugini, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
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Mayor Quinton Lucas announced Tuesday that the city now has a set of seven free blueprints, including a duplex, a two-story house with a garage and a cottage, that are free to download to get the process of building a new home started. —Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2026 In the past, peptides were generally believed to be fragments of larger proteins; this doctor’s work helped establish that our genes actually code for many small peptides directly, some of which could become targets or blueprints for new drugs. —Hannah Jocelyn, New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2026 Material innovators pitched to impact investors, private sector leaders shared their blueprints for change, and activists mobilized the committed and recently converted alike. —Bella Webb, Vogue, 2 Apr. 2026 These are like blueprints that show how a company's defenses are set up. —Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 1 Apr. 2026 Bedrock's team could realize from old blueprints that there once had been a soaring atrium. —Jc Reindl, Freep.com, 31 Mar. 2026 The other has those same books — plus the blueprints, soil samples, and maintenance records for every building in a specific area for the last twenty years. —Leagh Turner, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2026 The call for ideas isn’t a professional design competition, or a solicitation of architectural blueprints, Laymon said. —Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026 That’s why the city released an eight-page pre-construction checklist along with the blueprints. —Mark Dee march 27, Idaho Statesman, 27 Mar. 2026
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Recreating Rosebank’s Unique Facility IMD worked with Forsyth’s to create new stills, using archival still blueprints to build exact replicas of the original design. —Chris Perugini, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blueprints
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Your itinerary, your accommodation and your plans are wrapped up in those booking details, and now someone else may have a copy.— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026
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The Royals plan to build an entertainment district around the stadium to generate steady profits, though the depths of those plans are not yet clear.— Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2026
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The piece takes inspiration from Chinese fretwork patterns, Art Noveau designs and German sculptor Hugo Leven’s iconic pewter bat candelabras.— Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
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While Tesla designs its own autopilot FSD chips, Musk’s companies have never manufactured semiconductors.— Bloomberg, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026
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This plan is meant to align with a state requirement that local governments maintain climate adaptation and resiliency strategies in their general plans.— Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
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Zolghadr played a central role in the regime’s strategies for cracking down on anti-government demonstrations, including in the 2009 Green Movement protests.— Sudarsan Raghavan, New Yorker, 16 Apr. 2026
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Robert Pattinson also enters the franchise as the villain Scytale, who plots to end Paul's rule over the universe.— Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 15 Apr. 2026
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This line plots the current price back 26 periods in time.— Karl Montevirgen, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
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After the federal agency’s findings, the Chicago schools moved to create magnet schools and other programs that attracted students from across the city.— Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2026
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The cuts to science would also affect programs that support human spaceflight, such as heliophysics, a division that helps reaserchers understand the deadly in-space radiation that is a top concern for astronauts.— Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2026
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There’s a real game of cat and mouse happening as the documentarian delves into Michaels’ past, charts his numerous career highs (and one major low), and follows him around during the intimate process of putting together a typical SNL episode.— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Apr. 2026
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The new film charts Pablo's life and visits his descendants.— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 17 Apr. 2026
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His projects have been with athletes, politicians, chief executive officers, the director of a botanical garden, a physician, a Nepalese monk, a theoretical physicist.— John McPhee, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
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The free hour-long Round Lake Area Park District program included crafts around the museum, and projects to help instill how to help the planet by conserving and recycling.— Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
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