blueprint
noun
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
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Since 1962, the Monitor, which is never one to rush things, has been blueprinting a self-improvement program calculated to restore the paper's waning market.
From Time Magazine Archive
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