to construct a master plan for.
to master-plan one's career.
to develop or improve (land, a community, a building complex, or the like) through a long-range plan that balances and harmonizes all elements.
The engineers master-planned the island to provide for increases in the tourist population.
First recorded in 1925–30
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Authorities in Vietnam's capital have been on a demolition blitz, knocking down thousands of homes to make way for bridges and other infrastructure projects as part of a 100-year master plan approved last month.
From Barron's • Jun. 24, 2026
River master plan, the Broadway-Manchester streetscape project and the park under the Sixth Street bridge.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2026
With the master plan in hand, Centennial Partners is now ready to start the crucial phase of finding capital, Araujo said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026
So what’s his master plan to pull his campaign out of a stall?
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
“So what is this master plan, Fowl? Let me guess—world domination?”
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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