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mapping

verb

Definition of mapping

present participle of map

as in planning

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Scenario planning moves from an annual event to a quarterly discipline.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
The festival will also open one day earlier than in previous years, on Tuesday, October 6, giving audiences greater flexibility in planning their visits and screenings.

— Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 1 Sep. 2026

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Others have discovered that designing an impressive concept and manufacturing a safe, reliable vehicle at scale are two very different challenges.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2026
Adam Mosseri was called to the stand on Tuesday as part of a 2026 federal trial against Meta in which 29 state attorneys accuse the company of designing its wares to addict minors.

— Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026

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By reducing some of the technical barriers involved in planning and producing video content, these tools can give creators more room to focus on creative decisions, from shaping original concepts to building distinctive characters and visual worlds.

— Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
How kids are shaping back-to-school supplies choices More than half of back-to-school purchases involve significant or complete input from children, regardless of how much a family plans to spend, according to Zeta Global’s 2026 retail research.

— Ashley Lynch, Charlotte Observer, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of shaping

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The immediate focus, however, remains much smaller than Starcloud’s ultimate vision, with the company aiming to expand manufacturing, continue engineering work with NVIDIA and secure future launch capacity.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 23 Aug. 2026
Venezuela would be Hanke’s biggest dollarization yet in a nearly 50-year career of engineering the biggest ones on three continents.

— Shawn Tully, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026

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