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road map

British  

noun

  1. a map intended for drivers, showing roads, distances, etc in a country or area

  2. a plan or guide for future actions

"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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"It was built upon foundational basic research at the Salk Institute, validates those preclinical findings in patients, and provides a road map for future studies that could someday establish a new treatment standard."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

For Cuban-American agricultural expert Hugo Orizondo it is only practical to draw up a road map to Cuban development.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Scaachi Koul writes that the book is a road map for “younger generations to keep up the good fight, to notice the wins where they happen, and to not get discouraged.”

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

Personalized cancer therapies require a genetic road map for each patient.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Figure 1.77 contains a few very simplistic examples of how these "road map signs" will work.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

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