rough outline
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The filmmakers have a rough outline for part two, and preparations are in place to shoot later this year, which would allow it to come out in late 2027 or 2028.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
The oatmeal color looks about right and when Risa picks at it with her trowel, the surrounding black and gray debris falls away, revealing the rough outline of a box’s edge.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2025
The new trailer doesn't give much away about the plot, but Disney has previously given a rough outline of the story.
From BBC • May 29, 2024
Researchers can provide a rough outline for the protein they want, then a diffusion model can generate its three-dimensional shape.
From New York Times • Jan. 9, 2023
One interesting activity is to quickly draw a rough outline of the US at the time it gained independence from Britain.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
