How to Use blueprint in a Sentence

blueprint

noun
  • The film returns to the genre’s blueprint and sticks with it.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Feb. 2023
  • But Tuesday’s win was a good blueprint for the rest of the run.
    — Fluto Shinzawa, The Athletic, 5 Feb. 2025
  • To be clear, this isn’t a blueprint for other teams to beat the 49ers.
    — Derrik Klassen, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2022
  • Aside from that, the film rarely strays too far from its blueprint.
    — Andrew Barker, Variety, 8 Sep. 2022
  • But all that meant was the builders got to come up with a new blueprint, which was fun.
    — Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2023
  • But the small event at 618 Cocktail and Whiskey Lounge’s tight space was just the blueprint.
    — Sophia Solano, Washington Post, 3 May 2023
  • Donna Mills claims to be the blueprint for Grease's Sandy.
    — Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, 22 June 2022
  • Your child will look to you to be their world, and that is a huge job that comes with no blueprint.
    — oregonlive, 21 June 2022
  • What the city does next could set a blueprint for other cities.
    — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2022
  • This is the blueprint for all other v-neck tees out there.
    — Brad Lanphear, Men's Health, 13 Dec. 2022
  • Part of his scheme is to give his athletes the blueprint for a good pre-match routine.
    — Braidon Nourse, The Denver Post, 17 Feb. 2024
  • And there’s nothing a new coach or next blueprint could do about it.
    — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Collins hopes his eight-game stint in the G League last month will provide a blueprint for progress.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Feb. 2022
  • Keep reading to shop more of Courteney Cox’s blueprint pieces.
    — Nicol Natale, People.com, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Still, the Longhorns provided a blueprint for how to slow the Frogs offense.
    — Dallas News, 5 Jan. 2023
  • But Emily Blunt’s satin-like pants just made a splash on my (cerulean) blueprint.
    — Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 1 May 2024
  • The document is often called a blueprint for the city’s growth.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 May 2022
  • That loss provided Curtis with the blueprint to knock off the Gators this time around.
    — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 25 Feb. 2022
  • However, Lopez's gown was longer than the blueprint, which was made with a mid-length cut.
    — Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2023
  • That tent city debacle is a blueprint for what not to do.
    — Gerard S. Williams, Sun Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2025
  • There’s no blueprint on how to live your life, but there are no shortage of books that will tell you how to do so.
    — Rachel King, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2022
  • There was never a blueprint to it; nobody knew what the hell was gonna happen next.
    — Mathias Döpfner, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2024
  • The Raider's layout follows the class blueprint closely.
    — Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 1 July 2023
  • Deja looked up to Randall for that, not only as a dad, but as a blueprint of a man.
    — Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 25 May 2022
  • The blueprint for success against these reeling Knicks is clear.
    — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 7 Jan. 2025
  • The board is expected to decide early next year on whether to green light the blueprint.
    — Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2023
  • Damon has big news, informing Evil that the map, which Evil refers to as the blueprints for the universe, has been stolen.
    — Eric Goldman, TVLine, 24 July 2024
  • Along the way, a team that was once four games below .500 and lost to Cal State Northridge at home may have found a new blueprint for success.
    — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The official, who was not authorized to discuss the plan publicly, said the White House's fiscal year 2026 funding blueprint does not allocate any money toward Head Start and lists it among many programs to be eliminated.
    — Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2025
  • The Brookings Institution, a centrist think tank, has presented its own bipartisan blueprint for making the system solvent.
    — Dennis W. Jansen, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2025

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