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a method worked out in advance for achieving some objective
what's our game plan for touring the city?
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Recent Examples of game plan
With both of these brands, Consortium has mapped out a similar game plan: add categories, open stores and explore international distribution.
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Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 28 Oct. 2024
San Diego State seemed to base its defensive game plan around shutting down Jeanty, loading the box to contain Boise State’s run game.
—Sam Joseph, CNN, 2 Nov. 2024
His game plan to address these challenges appears to start with HHS and its agencies.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 31 Oct. 2024
The redshirt junior quarterback had been similarly uneven throughout the Trojans’ losing streak, but Saturday, Riley turned to Moss more than ever, with the game plan clearly to test Maryland deep.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2024
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Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 28 Oct. 2024
San Diego State seemed to base its defensive game plan around shutting down Jeanty, loading the box to contain Boise State’s run game.
—Sam Joseph, CNN, 2 Nov. 2024
His game plan to address these challenges appears to start with HHS and its agencies.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 31 Oct. 2024
The redshirt junior quarterback had been similarly uneven throughout the Trojans’ losing streak, but Saturday, Riley turned to Moss more than ever, with the game plan clearly to test Maryland deep.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2024
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When used effectively, surprise can shake an adversary’s confidence in its military plans and reinforce deterrence.Michael Green, Foreign Affairs, 19 Nov. 2024
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But Valya’s plan seems to be going up in smoke with the arrival of Desmond Hart (Travis Fimmel), a Corrino loyalist and survivor of what’s supposedly a Fremen attack on Arrakis.Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 18 Nov. 2024
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Simple strategies include: Allowing faster or more aggressive drivers to pass you.Glen Koen, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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Gucci is leveraging her 27 years of experience in marketing and communication strategy.Luisa Zargani, WWD, 21 Nov. 2024
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Trump has disavowed the 900-page blueprint for reorganizing swaths of politics and society along hard-right lines, despite some of his former aides’ involvement in writing it.Alexander Smith, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
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Read More: America's Border Wall Is Bipartisan Over the next decades, other states used Prop 187 as a blueprint, recognizing that even if the laws were struck down, the process of galvanizing support for anti-immigrant measures could be politically useful.Eladio B. Bobadilla / Made by History, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024
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For information about these and other programs, visit the library website at beecavelibrary.com or call us at 512.767.6620.Barbara D. Hathaway, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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For students in those programs the travel can take time out of their day or can be a problem arranging.John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Nov. 2024
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Pietro La Greca Jr’s memoir Pesos: The Rise and Fall of a Border Family tells the story of an Italian immigrant and con man who ran Mexico’s biggest money laundering scheme during the worst economic period in the country’s history.Peter White, Deadline, 19 Nov. 2024
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In the 2000s, federal agents deduced that the company was a mere front for a complex money laundering scheme.Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 18 Nov. 2024
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For these projects, companies have to obtain a hefty number of permits, slowing their ability to execute on these plans.Li Zhou, WIRED, 23 Nov. 2024
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This was a perfect platform to screen projects before the end of the year, confirm our lineup before Berlin and sit down with buyers in a relaxed market.Annika Pham, Variety, 23 Nov. 2024
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Having secured $4 million in funding from the Kentucky General Assembly in the past two legislative sessions, along with a $1 million commitment from the Louisville Metro Government, the gardens can proceed with the next step in its 23-acre master plan.Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, 25 Oct. 2024
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The Irvine master plan has created a strong foundation for Irvine’s future.Jonathan Horwitz, Orange County Register, 4 Oct. 2024
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