- a variation of roadmap.
road map
Britishnoun
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a map intended for drivers, showing roads, distances, etc in a country or area
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a plan or guide for future actions
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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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