off plan
Britishadjective
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Marlins: INF Joey Wendle was back in the lineup at shortstop as part of the team’s day on, day off plan to ease him back from a right hamstring strain.
From Seattle Times
"Some level of additional information could be provided to shareholders for the purposes of comparing a potential privatisation with the potential value of the proposed spin off plan," Zage said in the statement.
From Reuters
The Lakers, though, were able to find a lot of value at the back end of free agency last year after opponents had invested heavily on the first two waves of players who agreed to deals, pulling off Plan B after Leonard picked the Clippers.
From Los Angeles Times
“If you’re worried it will be called off, plan it anyway and embrace the risk – which is closer to the normal highs and lows of life than reinforcing the sense of a rupture by withdrawing completely.”
From The Guardian
But in urging that “this too shall pass,” O’Shaughnessy, Thomas and other strategists acknowledge that investors may have to wait longer than “normal” to feel like that history is paying off; plan on it.
From Seattle Times
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