Example Sentences

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Supervisors have mapped out a spending plan for the money, with the biggest slice to be set aside for covering the costs of uninsured residents.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Generally speaking, when a party controls both branches of government they would have mapped out their legislative strategy long before they will have sworn in the new Congress.

From Salon • Jan. 17, 2025

Now, in the first systematic study by modern archaeologists, researchers have mapped 13 sites bearing gigantic pre-Hispanic artwork—mostly of serpents—confirming both local stories and explorers’ accounts.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 3, 2024

Astronomers in the US and Canada have mapped out exactly where the path of totality will be.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2024

The MacRae and I have mapped out a plan of campaign, and are stirring up this place to its sluggish depths.

From Dear Enemy by Webster, Jean