outline
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He gave me a very rough outline of the show, of the character ...
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
If you have not done that, you can clearly outline your plans in a letter of intent.
From MarketWatch • May 29, 2026
A.I. didn’t outline it for me and didn’t catch typos on a first draft, though I don’t have any more of a moral issue with that practice than I do with using spellcheck.
From Slate • May 24, 2026
The telegram advised of the need for "careful and sometimes strict media management", and "initial proposals should contain the outline of a media strategy".
From BBC • May 21, 2026
In order to outline all the veins, he has to use several bodies in succession, because “a single body would not last long enough”; it decays so fast it becomes unusable.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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Expository Writing, List 2
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Writing - Middle School
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