roadmap
Americannoun
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a map designed for motorists, showing the principal cities and towns of a state or area, the chief roads, usually tourist attractions and places of historical interest, and the mileage from one place to another.
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any plan or guide to show how something is arranged or can be accomplished.
your road map to financial independence.
Etymology
Origin of roadmap
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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The board, he said, “is in the process of proposing a roadmap of policy work and partnership building with other state and K-12 education leaders in the next academic year and beyond.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
Chinese semiconductor stocks jumped in Hong Kong after Huawei unveiled a new design roadmap to close gap with foreign lead chips.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
"The roadmap that Vietnam is aiming for is unsuitable."
From Barron's • May 19, 2026
If AI delivers, the reaction function adjusts and rates come down without anyone having to correctly forecast OpenAI’s or Anthropic’s product roadmap.
From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026
The tattered oilcompany roadmap had once been taped together but now it was just sorted into leaves and numbered with crayon in the corners for their assembly.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
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