as in chart
an illustration of certain features of a geographical area
a wall map of the United States
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Recent Examples of map
Rhiannon Saegert, Kansas City Star, 1 Apr. 2025
Both sides have cited control of Wisconsin’s state and congressional maps as a cause for concern in this race.
—Savannah Kuchar, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2025
Larry Magid, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2025
The Here mapping platform powers a custom navigation app that's designed for privacy, meaning your location and search history aren't shared.
—New Atlas, 28 Mar. 2025
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Noun
The Great Morel blog maintains a yearly map where foragers can submit the locations of their sightings, but most don’t give more details than the city and zip code.
—Rhiannon Saegert, Kansas City Star, 1 Apr. 2025
Both sides have cited control of Wisconsin’s state and congressional maps as a cause for concern in this race.
—Savannah Kuchar, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2025
Verb
Both watches will track and map your walking, running and cycling.
—Larry Magid, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2025
The Here mapping platform powers a custom navigation app that's designed for privacy, meaning your location and search history aren't shared.
—New Atlas, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for map
Noun
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Since Marriott uses dynamic pricing rather than an awards chart, points prices fluctuate depending on demand.—
Paul Jebara,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Apr. 2025
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Elsewhere on the albums chart, Playboi Carti’s Music drops to Number Two after topping the charts for two weeks; Lil Durk’s Deep Thoughts bows at Number Three; Kendrick Lamar’s GNX falls a notch to Number Four, and PartyNextDoor and Drake’s $ome $exy $ongs 4 U slips to Number Five.—
Althea Legaspi,
Rolling Stone,
6 Apr. 2025
Verb
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To add insult to injury, the NCAA does not plan on paying the full amount in cash.—
Caroline Price,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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The original start date was planned earlier, and the season would have been much easier to work in.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
8 Apr. 2025
Verb
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It’s designed to cater to the preferences and wearability expectations of the Watch Angels watch collector community.—
Anthony DeMarco,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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The Jaeger-LeCoultre team has always had one eye on the future and nowhere is that more evident than with the Atmos clock, which is designed to tick into eternity due to an energy-efficient, self-winding mechanism powered by subtle movements in air pressure.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
1 Apr. 2025
Verb
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This might be something that even a top designer crossbody bag or a clutch might be too large for, seeing as how these pieces are usually not shaped to the object in question and have less streamlined profiles.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
10 Apr. 2025
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This evolution in consumer priorities has shaped KORA’s approach to business.—
Pooja Shah,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Map.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/map. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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