to construct a master plan for.
to master-plan one's career.
to develop or improve (land, a community, a building complex, or the like) through a long-range plan that balances and harmonizes all elements.
The engineers master-planned the island to provide for increases in the tourist population.
First recorded in 1925–30
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Authorities in Vietnam's capital have been on a demolition blitz, knocking down thousands of homes to make way for bridges and other infrastructure projects as part of a 100-year master plan approved last month.
From Barron's • Jun. 24, 2026
River master plan, the Broadway-Manchester streetscape project and the park under the Sixth Street bridge.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2026
But the larger lesson lies in how Fishtown made a comeback: not through a master plan or top-down government program, but by making private investment feasible.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
Among the agreements signed on Wednesday was a framework for a Vietnam-South Korea "master plan on cooperation in science, technology and innovation".
From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026
If one person had a master plan of where all these cameras were hidden, it would be my mom.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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