blueprint
Example Sentences
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Inside the pancreatic tissue of these fish, the team found the genetic blueprint for unidentified hormones.
Capital Maritime gave the MIT team the blueprints of the Manzanillo Express, a containership, so they could create and test a computer model of a ship retrofitted with nuclear propulsion.
The Navy’s acquisition bureaucracy demanded so many changes that it defeated the purpose of having a blueprint.
Grinches, by contrast, are more likely to be working actors like Darnell, who look reverently to Carrey’s performance as a blueprint for the character’s slapstick antics and snarky reads.
From Los Angeles Times
He brought them to the property frequently so they could witness the transformation of the blueprints into the bones of their new home.
From Los Angeles Times
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