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ground plans

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plural of ground plan

as in plans

a method worked out in advance for achieving some objective their ground plan is first to finish college and then get married

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Because the retail business is rapidly changing, action plans are expected to change.

— Ted Kitterman, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
Le Pen's plans involve billions in new spending and lack credibility, according to Bloomberg Economics.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of plans

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For some young investors, that means money originally allocated to long-term strategies is being funneled to activities built around immediate outcomes.

— Aneri Jambusaria, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
Other strategies make distributions that may include all three types.

— Cheryl Winokur Munk, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of strategies

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Repeatable blueprints are emerging, and athletes eyeing a second career as Hollywood moguls would be wise to focus their efforts in one of these directions.

— Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 7 Oct. 2026
Holtec has coordinated engineering hubs across several countries to finalize the technical blueprints.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of blueprints

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Unfortunately, the government then spends the equivalent of 24% of GDP on its various programs.

— Jim Edwards, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
In contrast, Asian students were less than 15% of the county’s student population but made up about half of the enrolees at the magnet programs.

— Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of programs

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Spoelstra finished tied with Houston’s Ime Udoka with the second-most votes (10%) as the head coach who has the best defensive schemes.

— Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026
While both players moved around sometimes in their respective schemes, Shipp and Glasker do most of their damage as outside receivers.

— Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Oct. 2026

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