as in plan
a method worked out in advance for achieving some objective
what's our game plan for touring the city?
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Recent Examples of game plan
The game plan had to change to something more conservative, more repeatable, more robust.
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Jack Pitt-Brooke, The Athletic, 3 Feb. 2025
For those moments out of your control, both experts recommend having a game plan to redirect your energy, ideally into something that soothes and distracts you.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 3 Feb. 2025
Who is responsible for drawing up the game plan for a beating like that?
—Pat Leonard, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Feb. 2025
Reid will have two weeks to game plan for Philadelphia, which will be a disadvantage for his Eagles counterpart, Nick Sirianni.
—Mike Preston, Baltimore Sun, 28 Jan. 2025
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Jack Pitt-Brooke, The Athletic, 3 Feb. 2025
For those moments out of your control, both experts recommend having a game plan to redirect your energy, ideally into something that soothes and distracts you.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 3 Feb. 2025
Who is responsible for drawing up the game plan for a beating like that?
—Pat Leonard, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Feb. 2025
Reid will have two weeks to game plan for Philadelphia, which will be a disadvantage for his Eagles counterpart, Nick Sirianni.
—Mike Preston, Baltimore Sun, 28 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for game plan
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Looking at that same page from last month on the Wayback Machine, Apple also listed the standard AppleCare+ plan, and included a two-year option with both.—
Jibin Joseph,
PCMAG,
5 Feb. 2025
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The plan seeks to enhance job training programs, provide tax incentives for small businesses and invest in infrastructure projects that will create new employment opportunities.—
Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
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There’s one person that understands game moves and understands strategy.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
7 Feb. 2025
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The new policy, which makes a shift in the company's online ordering strategy, is an effort to streamline Starbucks' operations.—
Kristan Hawkins,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
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But he's given congressional Republicans a blueprint for what's possible to cut.—
Hans Nichols,
Axios,
11 Feb. 2025
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The blueprint for Elkhart, Indiana, included remaking a neighborhood where low-income residents had been displaced by a highway, and turning one of the Rust Belt’s many brownfields—former industrial locations—into a park.—
Paige Williams,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
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The union is cautioning people to not view the resignation as a buyout or a Voluntary Separation Incentive Payment program.—
Roxana Popescu,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Feb. 2025
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Created in 2022, the program provides small grants of $1,000 per student or $3,000 per family for educational expenses.—
Sally Krutzig,
Idaho Statesman,
7 Feb. 2025
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The lawsuit alleged RealPage engaged in a collusion scheme with landlords that resulted in higher rent across the country.—
Elizabeth Schulze,
ABC News,
6 Feb. 2025
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The Times has reported that in 2020 and 2021, the period when prosecutors say the money laundering scheme was underway, The Epoch Times donated $16 million to Shen Yun and a school that trains its performers.—
Michael Rothfeld,
New York Times,
6 Feb. 2025
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As Mercury and Uranus clash, an unexpected event pulls you away from a passion project.—
USA TODAY,
USA TODAY,
10 Feb. 2025
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Initially a free download — and a steppingstone in Scott’s career — the project bowed at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 with 361,000 album-equivalent units, falling 1,000 units short of Sabrina Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet.—
Carl Lamarre,
Billboard,
10 Feb. 2025
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While the master plan for St. James Park has loftier aspirations for turning the park into a landmark destination, including a price tag that could exceed $70 million, San Jose opted to chip away at it through multiple phases.—
Devan Patel,
The Mercury News,
6 Feb. 2025
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Now, Loyola officials are just beginning the process of incorporating the buildings into the campus master plan and into university activities.—
Bob Goldsborough,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Feb. 2025
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