road maps

noun

plural of road map
1
as in plans
a method worked out in advance for achieving some objective a road map for peace in the troubled region

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2
as in explanations
a statement that makes something clear an article that is a good road map for any consumer attempting to negotiate his way through the maze of offerings in digital photography

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Recent Examples of road maps Investor decks reach for it, headlines amplify it, and road maps get built around it. — Sourabh Pateriya, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026 So, these next two weeks are big road maps for what high school hockey teams around the state need in order to make a deep state tournament run. — Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 5 Jan. 2026 Jeycen has a special interest in drawing and loves creating road maps and highways. — CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026 The Shell Oil road maps of the 1950s are a useful example of maps as marketing. — Patty Heyda, The Conversation, 1 June 2026 The Santa Marta conference aims to discuss how national and international road maps can be developed. — Fabiano Maisonnave, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2026 The executive has emerged as a key decision-maker on product road maps, features, and strategies, extending his influence beyond the traditional scope of a hardware engineering chief. — Dave Smith, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025 In October, Bloomberg reported that Ternus’ stature had grown further, with the executive becoming a key decision-maker on product road maps, features and strategy — duties that went beyond the traditional scope of a hardware chief. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for road maps
  1. plans
  2. explanations
  3. strategies
  4. interpretations
  5. blueprints
  6. illustrations
  7. programs
  8. projects
Noun
  • Caftans are the underrated summer essential that bring breezy, effortless glamour to beach days, brunches, and evening plans alike.
    — Katherine J Igoe, InStyle, 2 July 2026
  • Although the panel date has not been confirmed, the members and the team behind the webcomic will be on it to chat about their upcoming plans.
    — Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of plans
Noun
  • Some explanations of bodily difference were obviously wrong, such as physician and signer of the Declaration of Independence Benjamin Rush’s conviction that the dark skin of African Americans was a disease, derived from leprosy.
    — Katherine Ott, The Conversation, 2 July 2026
  • The Mass, rich in velvet and gold-trimmed vestments, chanting and incense, was livestreamed on the society’s YouTube channel, with simultaneous explanations in several languages.
    — Jamey Keaten, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
Definition of explanations
Noun
  • Senior security leader Kourtney Hayes, a trailblazer in cybersecurity, shares her strategies for thriving in tech.
    — Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • There are pros and cons to trying to build strategies based on avoiding specific companies, noted Warren Hurt, chief investment officer at F&M Trust.
    — John Towfighi, CNN Money, 7 July 2026
Definition of strategies
Noun
  • If boarding practices become routine under broad legal interpretations, other countries are likely to adopt similar methods in different contexts.
    — John Calabrese, The Conversation, 6 July 2026
  • The Brooklyn neighborhood where, if Swiftie lyrical interpretations are to be trusted, Swift left a now-infamous scarf at the home of one Maggie Gyllenhaal around 2010.
    — Lily Boyce, New York Times, 2 July 2026
Definition of interpretations
Noun
  • As rain drizzled and the humidity bore down, the president peered at blueprints for the public golf course, before driving to his own course in Virginia via the Arlington Memorial Bridge, near where his Triumphal Arch may soon be built.
    — Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 3 July 2026
  • That year a fire destroyed the factory that housed Rohwedder’s prototype and blueprints.
    — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 July 2026
Definition of blueprints
Noun
  • The South Beach school’s 1975-‘76 yearbook was a patriotic red, white and blue and illustrations of the Statue of Liberty, the Liberty Bell and the American Eagle.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026
  • Schematics, facility maps, aerial photographs, engineering drawings, cutaway illustrations, and previously unfamiliar archival images reveal the extraordinary complexity of the undertaking.
    — Rebecca Coffey, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of illustrations
Noun
  • In response to what state leaders describe as threats from the federal government, the Minnesota Department of Human Services began the major task of revalidating 5,472 providers across various service programs deemed at high risk for fraud.
    — Conor Wight, CBS News, 2 July 2026
  • Under the new rule, programs designated as professional degrees face federal student loan caps of $200,000, while other graduate programs are capped at $100,000.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026
Definition of programs
Noun
  • How to find an event near you Across the country, communities are hosting festivals, block parties, volunteer projects, exhibits and commemorative events as part of America250, the nationwide effort to mark the anniversary.
    — Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 4 July 2026
  • In her time in Wyandotte County, Chism has worked projects including the Rock Island Bridge and new American Royal facility, according to Star reporting.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 4 July 2026
Definition of projects

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“Road maps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/road%20maps. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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