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map out

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verb

  1. (tr, adverb) to plan or design

    to map out a route

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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By carefully studying archival records and historical documents, the researchers were able to map out previously unknown branches of Leonardo's family.

From Science Daily • May 4, 2026

Google’s Research division on Thursday unveiled a new AI data set called Groundsource that has compiled details on flash floods from millions of news articles to map out rainfall patterns across the globe.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

The plan, which will map out national development goals until 2030, will have a strong focus on technological development across fields including artificial intelligence, high-end manufacturing, and energy and resource security.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

Instead, this open source data will be used by established apps and websites that already map out and compare pump prices across the UK.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026

Sometimes I work on it in my head, trying to map out the story you asked me to tell, about everything that happened this past fall and winter.

From "When You Reach Me" by Rebecca Stead

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