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[bloo-print] / ˈbluˌprɪnt /


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DNA serves as the genetic blueprint for every living organism, but it is also an extraordinarily dense way to store information.

From Science Daily Aug. 17, 2026

Joao Pedro also continued his fine pre-season form with a double as manager Xabi Alonso offered a glimpse of what could be his blueprint for the season.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

“Having kind of done that — an inning here, an inning there and then you sort of build up during the season, absolutely,” said Roberts when asked if 2025 could serve as a blueprint.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 15, 2026

Australia, where one in three homes now has rooftop panels, offered a clear blueprint for the Philippines, he said.

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

I told them I believed in the Freedom Charter, that the charter embodied principles of democracy and human rights, and that it was not a blueprint for socialism.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Instead of manufacturing the processors themselves, Arm designs the blueprints and licenses its intellectual property to tech companies.

From Barron's Jun. 5, 2026

Reports claim that some workers did not bring mandatory tracking devices into the mines, and blueprints provided by the Liushenyu coal mine to authorities did not match the conditions at the mine, complicating rescue efforts.

From BBC May 25, 2026

Long known for drawing up blueprints for chips that require less energy than others, Arm said its AGI CPU is twice as efficient as equivalent processors made by competitors.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 26, 2026

Take a look at the blueprints of former Laker coach Phil Jackson’s three three-peats, especially the one in L.A., and tell me, do you see it too?

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 23, 2026

The Hamilton children went barefoot, and their overalls were patched and food was sometimes scarce, to pay for the crisp blueprints with cogs and planes and elevations.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

The National Guard's Special Immediate Reaction Force blueprinted the operation for the assault on Sunday with both land and air maneuvers.

From Barron's Feb. 23, 2026

“Marquee Moon” is both architectonic and disorienting, blueprinted and unpredictable.

From New York Times Jan. 29, 2023

Many of the songs we do are blueprinted on both sides of the Atlantic.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2022

It’s not merely the stratospheric box-office expectations, but also the need – under the cinematic-universe model blueprinted by Marvel – for each film to fit the aesthetic and actors into a larger whole.

From The Guardian Dec. 15, 2017

Presumably it was not thought out and blueprinted in advance but worked out by trial and error, episode by episode, step by step—perhaps, also, leap by leap.

From Civilization and Beyond Learning from History by Scott Nearing

Herschel called the technique cyanotyping, but it is better known today as blueprinting.

From Scientific American Mar. 29, 2021

For the coalition of local officials, businesses and nonprofits leading the way, the blueprinting of the city presents an intensely varied task.

From Forbes May 19, 2015

A few, like Douglas and Lockheed, have talked of blueprinting a model.

From Time Magazine Archive

In return it has every intention of blueprinting the peace.

From Time Magazine Archive

Since 1962, the Monitor, which is never one to rush things, has been blueprinting a self-improvement program calculated to restore the paper's waning market.

From Time Magazine Archive




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