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
S.e. Cupp, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2025
Orkney is full of Norse names, and every map is a poem: Bay of Skaill, Water of the Wicks, Candle of the Sneuk.
—Peter Ross, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
Unfortunately, mapping the landscape of computational difficulty has turned out to be, well, difficult.
—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 3 Jan. 2025
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Noun
This fixation helps explain what is otherwise unexplainable — his bizarre obsession with changing the maps.
—S.e. Cupp, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2025
Orkney is full of Norse names, and every map is a poem: Bay of Skaill, Water of the Wicks, Candle of the Sneuk.
—Peter Ross, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
Verb
Forecast data mapped by Pivotal Weather indicates that several counties in the north of Georgia will experience below freezing temperatures on Saturday.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
Unfortunately, mapping the landscape of computational difficulty has turned out to be, well, difficult.
—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 3 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for map
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The singer appears on a pair of Billboard charts this week with almost the same song.Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
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Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings.Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 12 Jan. 2025
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The service warned travelers to slow down and use caution while driving and to plan on slippery road conditions, which could impact commutes.Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
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Read Article > Dec 11, 2024 Chris Welch Sonos plans return-to-office push for its product teams Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Sonos will soon encourage employees on its various product teams who live near its US office locations to come in for at least two days per week, The Verge has learned.Chris Welch, The Verge, 13 Jan. 2025
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This law supported the 14th and 15th Amendments, which were designed to ensure the right of African American men to vote.Brittany Friedman / Made by History, TIME, 6 Jan. 2025
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Ten of the studies were designed to follow groups of people over time to see how their differing levels of fluoride exposure affected IQ scores and other outcomes.Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
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The fresh batch of labor market data will help shape investors’ thinking about the course of Federal Reserve policy this year.Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 5 Jan. 2025
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These moments are extreme outliers, shaped by a unique collision of war, human vulnerability and the relentless instincts of ocean predators.Scott Travers, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
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“Map.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/map. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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