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
Players know their in-season weekly schedule involves preparing for an opponent by learning a game plan, then taking the practice field as plays are installed.
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Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2025
Jesse [Bernhardt] always does a great job with the game plan, and these guys do a great job executing it.
—Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 18 May 2025
That came down to intensity, effort, and an emphasis on rebounding in the game plan.
—Nick Crain, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
Even Jack Grealish has split opinion among the City support — there are plenty who dispute his impact on the club’s treble success, despite his importance to Guardiola’s game plan and his consistency during that particular season.
—Sam Lee, New York Times, 14 May 2025
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Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2025
Jesse [Bernhardt] always does a great job with the game plan, and these guys do a great job executing it.
—Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 18 May 2025
That came down to intensity, effort, and an emphasis on rebounding in the game plan.
—Nick Crain, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
Even Jack Grealish has split opinion among the City support — there are plenty who dispute his impact on the club’s treble success, despite his importance to Guardiola’s game plan and his consistency during that particular season.
—Sam Lee, New York Times, 14 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for game plan
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But Andrea Jenkins, who represents the area and supports the city's plan, said residents around the square want vehicle traffic.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
25 May 2025
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His evil plan is to conquer the microchip market by creating earthquakes and floods that will destroy most of the San Francisco Bay area.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
24 May 2025
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That’s exactly where many organizations are flying blind, building AI agents without a strategy for how to keep them running, governed and optimized at scale.—
Kolawole Samuel Adebayo,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
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Mosier works with the university on social media strategy, and recently decided to bring her superstar pug to the school's campus for a visit.—
Kelli Bender,
People.com,
26 May 2025
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Unlike the standard black or navy suits that carry you through most of the year, summer tailoring doesn’t follow a strict blueprint.—
Brett F. Braley-Palko,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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The film is dedicated to Anderson’s late father-in-law, Fouad Malouf, a businessman and engineer who stashed his own plans in the very shoeboxes that now store Zsa-zsa’s blueprints.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2025
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Sankey said the way the committee seems to weigh strength of schedule shortchanges the conference slate, which doesn’t include any teams among the lower half of the 134 NCAA FBS programs.—
Ralph D. Russo,
New York Times,
27 May 2025
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The win over Canada was their first in program history in the knockout round.—
Carol Schram,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
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The scheme was investigated by several federal agencies, including the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General (USPS-OIG) and IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI).—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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That includes knowing the scheme in the run game, being violent at the point of attack.—
Dan Wiederer,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2025
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Justice Neil Gorsuch did not participate in the decision due to past ties to a billionaire oil investor who could benefit from the project.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 May 2025
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West Sacramento officials extolled a $16 million pedestrian and cyclist overpass that now connects neighborhoods straddling the Highway 50 portion of the Capital City Freeway at the project’s ribbon cutting Thursday.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacbee.com,
29 May 2025
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This was always part of Tesla’s original master plan: target the heart of oil demand first.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2025
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What if your path forward didn’t require a master plan, but just one curious question at a time?—
Colin Bedell,
Them.,
20 May 2025
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“Game plan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/game%20plan. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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