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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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Blockchain analytics firms use public data, human sources and analytical indicators to map out wallets, though their findings can vary.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

The task required the writers to rehearse for months to map out contingencies and shape character arcs.

From Los Angeles Times May 26, 2026

By carefully studying archival records and historical documents, the researchers were able to map out previously unknown branches of Leonardo's family.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

Tweens can create simple budgets for their allowances and map out savings goals, like how many weeks it would take to save for a videogame, and what the tradeoffs are.

From MarketWatch Apr. 4, 2026

She drew thirteen evenly spaced marks along the circumference of the circle and used them to map out the points of a thirteen-pointed star.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill

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