blueprint

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Of the large enterprise-software companies adopting the FDE blueprint, “I don’t think any will be successful” on a large scale, Luria said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

"This fossil documents the Cambrian origin of chelicerates," noted Lerosey-Aubril, "and shows that the anatomical blueprint of spiders and horseshoe crabs was already emerging 500 million years ago."

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

And yet, for at least five decades, Bell Labs created a blueprint for the global development of communications and electronics.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

And the apparatus that Cooke built to sell those bonds—a network of thousands of agents throughout the U.S. and Europe—became the blueprint for the modern investment bank.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

The preceding paragraph gave examples of blueprint copying, whereas the transfer of Chinese porcelain technology to Europe provides an instance of long-drawn-out idea diffusion.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond