game plan

noun

Definition of game plannext
as in plan
a method worked out in advance for achieving some objective what's our game plan for touring the city?

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Recent Examples of game plan Currently, 80 percent of the business is centered around golf, but Ruerup hopes to follow the Peter Millar game plan and build G/Fore’s lifestyle offering. — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026 Between team meetings and warm-up drills, the Truitts would sit down for 10 minutes to review their game plan. — Jack Leo, AJC.com, 1 Oct. 2026 The Buckeyes adjusted their game plan to get Sayin to use his legs more, including quarterback sneaks and a read-option play on third down, which didn’t go well. — Cameron Teague Robinson, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2026 As such, the accountant moves from being the scorekeeper to someone who also helps shape the game plan. — Bas Kniphorst, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for game plan
Recent Examples of Synonyms for game plan
  1. plan
  2. strategy
  3. blueprint
  4. program
  5. scheme
  6. project
  7. master plan
Noun
  • The new plans also include more changes to the project's lighting and traffic patterns.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Guardians manager Stephen Vogt could change plans and go with Foster Griffin on Saturday.
    — Joe Reedy, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of plan
Noun
  • People with the second phenotype, called durable, might have grown up in a predictable world—for example, a strict religious sect or just a family that experienced little change—and developed only certain coping strategies as a result.
    — Maia Szalavitz, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Ren Faire, a 2024 docuseries Oppenheim shot for HBO about the succession crisis at the Texas Renaissance Festival, marked the apotheosis of this strategy.
    — Alex Barasch, Vulture, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of strategy
Noun
  • For a blueprint, Johnson points to a handful of NBA stars who have mastered the art of seeing the game unfold a step or two ahead of everyone else — Draymond Green, LeBron James, Kawhi Leonard and, yes, former Spurs great Tim Duncan.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Trump in this term quickly began implementing an array of policies left over from his first term or outlined in the Project 2025 policy blueprint, many of which Bonta and other Democratic attorneys general were prepared to sue over, experts said.
    — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of blueprint
Noun
  • It was deemed Biden’s signature climate law, providing hundreds of billions of dollars for tax credits and programs to bolster the clean energy sector (much of that funding was repealed by the 2025 One Big Beautiful Bill Act).
    — Maydeen Merino, The Washington Examiner, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The program provides training in barista skills, espresso brewing, earning a food handler’s license, learning point-of-sale systems, customer service skills, food prep and other more general workplace skills.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of program
Noun
  • The court order stems from a finding that Shkreli organized an anti-competitive scheme to perpetuate his company Vyera Pharmaceuticals’ monopoly in the anti-parasitic drug Daraprim.
    — Dan Mangan, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Similar Excel spreadsheets are used to organize schemes where Indian scammers in Delhi or Kolkata impersonate Microsoft tech support, the Internal Revenue Service or even the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
    — Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of scheme
Noun
  • The National Capital Planning Commission, a federal panel that reviews major construction projects, posted new renderings and accompanying documents provided by the Interior Department, which is overseeing the controversial project.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
  • The experience gave Steer a new focus and shift in his life and the opportunity to help Garland with the project came at the best time.
    — Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of project
Noun
  • The Elk Grove Police Department has expanded in recent years after a 2019 facilities master plan identified a need for more office space, according to the staff report.
    — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The center’s opening will conclude the third and final phase of a three-decade, $750-million master plan to develop the museum (the expansion goal was $450 million).
    — Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of master plan

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