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map out

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verb

  1. (tr, adverb) to plan or design

    to map out a route
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And he’s trying to map out a managed coexistence between the two world powers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

There are two key factors linked to that hunt that require settling before United can map out their path towards signing Casemiro's successor.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

"We now have a reference point that allows us to accurately identify more scrappy finds and map out evolutionary transitions in anatomy and body size."

From Science Daily • Mar. 10, 2026

The EU executive also wants to get member states to better map out no-fly zones around sensitive locations with the eventual intention of having software block drones from flying in those areas.

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026

When the catalogs came, I would take them to my room and map out plans for four years of study.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers

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