as in chart
an illustration of certain features of a geographical area
a wall map of the United States
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Smithsonian Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 July 2025
To access the entire list visit the EV charger locations map.
—Sophia Tiedge, jsonline.com, 2 July 2025
Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 5 July 2025
The map shows the storm could make landfall as soon as midnight Sunday on South Carolina's southeast coast.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 July 2025
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Noun
While in the Army at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri, I was put in charge of mapping the caves there in case some of the soldiers got lost in one.
—Smithsonian Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 July 2025
To access the entire list visit the EV charger locations map.
—Sophia Tiedge, jsonline.com, 2 July 2025
Verb
Some of the oldest maps showing a street grid for Louisville were designed by John Corbley and William Pope.
—Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 5 July 2025
The map shows the storm could make landfall as soon as midnight Sunday on South Carolina's southeast coast.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 July 2025
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The battle naturally played out in the charts: Blur’s Country House famously beat Oasis’ Roll With It to No 1 on the opening weekend of the 1995-96 season.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
29 June 2025
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The sound evokes a time when escapism ruled the charts, and its return feels eerily timely to some.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 June 2025
Verb
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In especially timely news, Wintour announced last week her plans to down as American Vogue’s editor-in-chief after 37 years.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
30 June 2025
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Russo, a 24-year veteran of the FDNY, was planning to retire in a few months.—
Sheetal Banchariya,
New York Daily News,
30 June 2025
Verb
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Too many projects fail because the architects never designed a quantifiable hypothesis.—
Rick Burton,
Sportico.com,
5 July 2025
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However, this report also argued that Al chatbots have the potential to be effective extenders of therapy if designed appropriate and supervised by a qualified professional.—
Eric Wood,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2025
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Pictured above is Indonesia’s mountainous Halmahera rainforest, featuring rugged topography shaped by outpourings from the numerous volcanoes that pockmark the region.—
Emma R. Hasson,
Scientific American,
1 July 2025
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Morris’s new biography tells Butler’s story within America’s story, and examines how the social, political, and historical forces shaped her life and her work.—
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“Map.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://x0upouf933.proxynodejs.usequeue.com/thesaurus/map. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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