as in chart
an illustration of certain features of a geographical area
a wall map of the United States
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Recent Examples of map
Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 11 Feb. 2026
The school district says the committee in charge of redrawing the school zone map was only given the current school enrollment data in November at its last meeting.
—CBS News, 11 Feb. 2026
Christopher Hernandez, The Conversation, 29 Jan. 2026
Residents can check which roads in your area have ice or snow by visiting TxDOT’s Drive Texas highway conditions map here.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Jan. 2026
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Noun
According to AllTrails, a hiking app with trail maps and reviews, almost half of their members use the app to explore trails over 200 miles from home, showing a shift toward bucket-list trail travel.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 11 Feb. 2026
The school district says the committee in charge of redrawing the school zone map was only given the current school enrollment data in November at its last meeting.
—CBS News, 11 Feb. 2026
Verb
To rapidly map regions in fine detail, researchers need national but not necessarily local permission to carry out an aerial scan.
—Christopher Hernandez, The Conversation, 29 Jan. 2026
Residents can check which roads in your area have ice or snow by visiting TxDOT’s Drive Texas highway conditions map here.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for map
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The feat adds to a record-setting career for the Puerto Rican singer, who's won album of the year at the Grammy Awards (the first Spanish-language album to do so), topped the Billboard 200 chart four times and performed as a solo headliner at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
5 Feb. 2026
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The top two centers on last season’s Celtics depth chart are about to become teammates in Golden State.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
5 Feb. 2026
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The Chinese government reacted by telling Chinese citizens not to travel to Japan, threatening economic retaliation, and pulling the plug on meetings that were long planned, putting a pretty deep freeze on China-Japan relations.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2026
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Piagentini said Republicans plan to obtain and publish Davis’ shock probation decisions online so voters can better understand her rulings.—
Monroe Trombly,
Louisville Courier Journal,
10 Feb. 2026
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The understated, sporty look was designed by the retailer Zara, per Vogue.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
10 Feb. 2026
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The grippers at the end of each arm are designed to maintain consistent tension on cloth, preventing slippage during manipulation.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Feb. 2026
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The January jobs report will also include a series of critical revisions (namely, the annual benchmark revision) and statistical modeling adjustments that not only will provide a fuller look at past employment trends but also could very well shape our current and future view of the labor market.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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Erick Rocha leads the pastry program, crafting conchas filled with yuzu or corn husk curds, hazelnut-praline-chocolate chip cookies, cajeta brioche, and marranitos, Mexican gingerbread cookies charmingly shaped like pigs, served with dark, single-origin Oaxacan coffee.—
Andrea Strong,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Map.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/map. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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