blueprint
noun
blue·print
ˈblü-ˌprint 
plural blueprints
1
: a photographic print in white on a bright blue ground or blue on a white ground used especially for copying maps, mechanical drawings, and architects' plans
2
: something or someone resembling a blueprint (as in serving as a model or providing guidance)
… few foundations have taken a similar [investing] route, so there was no blueprint to follow.—
Paul Sullivan
Paul SullivanHe was an anomaly to the rap world when he arrived, but today he is the blueprint for a generation.—Jeff Ihaza
Jeff Ihaza
especially
: a detailed plan or program of action
a blueprint for success
blueprint
transitive verb
blueprinted; blueprinting; blueprints
It was not something blueprinted from the start or based on a French bistro archetype; it's a restaurant that has grown and evolved …
—Ian McNulty
Ian McNulty
Examples of blueprint in a Sentence
a blueprint for reforming the public school system
an ambitious young man with a remarkably detailed blueprint for becoming a millionaire by the age of 25
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—Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025
It was designed to be a blueprint, a launching point.
—Amelia Hurley, Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2025
The critical success of Andor From a critical perspective, Andor should be a blueprint for success at LucasFilm.
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And while the redlining maps may no longer hang in city planning offices, their blueprint for exclusion persists.
—Lenwood V. Long, Sr., Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
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Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025
It was designed to be a blueprint, a launching point.
—Amelia Hurley, Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2025
The critical success of Andor From a critical perspective, Andor should be a blueprint for success at LucasFilm.
—Eliana Dockterman, Time, 22 Apr. 2025
And while the redlining maps may no longer hang in city planning offices, their blueprint for exclusion persists.
—Lenwood V. Long, Sr., Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
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“Blueprint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blueprint. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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