Example Sentences

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In the first week of July, they were mapping out his impending minor-league rehab assignment in pitching department meetings.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2025

Emily Peck: In 1993, Nvidia was just an idea that CEO Jensen Huang and a couple of his friends were mapping out inside a Denny’s—the stuff of Silicon Valley myth.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2023

No part of this country, even quiet places like Kropyvnytskyi, where Taras and Olha were mapping out their futures, has been spared.

From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2023

The men had been traveling the Itaquai River to interview Indigenous surveillance teams who were mapping criminal activity and defending their land from invaders.

From Washington Post • Jun. 18, 2022

While the Respectables were putting most of their energies into making ends meet, the Refined were mapping out plans to make the heart of the black residential area a vibrant place to live.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield