as in chart
an illustration of certain features of a geographical area
a wall map of the United States
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The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 15 July 2025
If the Trump administration does dismantle FEMA and offload disaster prep onto individual states, places like Kerr County will have to crawl out of the pain and mud AND figure out a way to map and monitor their changing hydrology.
—Bill Weir, CNN Money, 14 July 2025
Francesca Pica, jsonline.com, 17 July 2025
That frothy film and its title song, which rose to No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1961, put Fort Lauderdale on the spring break map — a rowdy reputation the city has distanced itself from for decades.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 17 July 2025
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Noun
If they were lost in the woods, would that map help them?
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 15 July 2025
If the Trump administration does dismantle FEMA and offload disaster prep onto individual states, places like Kerr County will have to crawl out of the pain and mud AND figure out a way to map and monitor their changing hydrology.
—Bill Weir, CNN Money, 14 July 2025
Verb
The fight over redistricting maps during the 2020 cycle ended at an impasse between Evers and the GOP legislative majority, forcing the Wisconsin Supreme Court to intervene.
—Francesca Pica, jsonline.com, 17 July 2025
That frothy film and its title song, which rose to No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1961, put Fort Lauderdale on the spring break map — a rowdy reputation the city has distanced itself from for decades.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 17 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for map
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The experimental singer-producer released her Fancy That mixtape in May, which reached No. 4 on the Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
23 July 2025
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What does the heat index chart look like? To get an idea of how air temperatures and humidity levels produce apparent temperatures, here is the NWS' heat index chart.—
Sarah Moore,
Freep.com,
23 July 2025
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At a July 23 capital improvements committee meeting, questions were raised about why a report from the county's facilities planning steering committee recommended projects tied to maintenance and repairs at senior facilities be put on hold or not recommended at all for the 2026 budget.—
Vanessa Swales,
jsonline.com,
25 July 2025
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The school plans to kick off the upcoming high school football season with the new seating, which replaced crumbling concrete bleachers that were estimated at roughly 50 years old.—
Katie Nixon,
The Tennessean,
25 July 2025
Verb
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Instead, cleaning stainless steel requires a little extra TLC and a strategy designed specifically for this material.—
Hallie Milstein,
Southern Living,
15 July 2025
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Schwab probes notions of female rage, hunger, and love, using the notion of immortality to interrogate the sacrifices women must make in a world designed for their oppression.—
Maureen Lee Lenker Published,
EW.com,
15 July 2025
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For those who aren’t familiar, Miss Major is a trans elder who has led and shaped trans and gender-non-conforming people’s fight for a just, inclusive world in too many ways to count.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
15 July 2025
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Five long-stay suites are decorated in the lines, colors and styles of five movements that have shaped the 20th century: Arts and Crafts, Viennese Secession, Radical, Pop and Modernism.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
15 July 2025
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“Map.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/map. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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