as in structure
the arrangement of parts that gives something its basic form
you've got the framework of the story and just need to fill in the details
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The book is meant to provide a framework for experimenting and learning quickly, running a startup that isn't burning cash, measuring real progress and centering human creativity.
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Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2025
The administration has not publicly released a legal framework for the operations, relying instead on policy arguments about overdose deaths and cartel violence.
—Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
That framework, the NCAA has insisted, ensures roster spots turn over to incoming freshmen or transfers, and helps to distinguish college sports from pro sports.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 24 Oct. 2025
With the passage three months ago of a US regulatory framework for stablecoin issuers, there’s now more clarity around how large institutions can use stablecoins in the US and for a venture like Zelle’s.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2025
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Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2025
The administration has not publicly released a legal framework for the operations, relying instead on policy arguments about overdose deaths and cartel violence.
—Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
That framework, the NCAA has insisted, ensures roster spots turn over to incoming freshmen or transfers, and helps to distinguish college sports from pro sports.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 24 Oct. 2025
With the passage three months ago of a US regulatory framework for stablecoin issuers, there’s now more clarity around how large institutions can use stablecoins in the US and for a venture like Zelle’s.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for framework
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There were five more minutes left to play — in Emery’s view, sufficient time to attack with greater structure, moving slowly with numbers upfield.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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Despite the discovery of nuclear fission by Otto Hahn in December 1938 and significant achievements of other German physicists and chemists in research on the structure of the atom, the Nazis were not rushing to put that research to use.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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The company plans to continue releasing updates as testing progresses, pushing its axial flux architecture toward the next benchmark in electric propulsion.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
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Artworks, curated from the foundation’s existing collection, are categorized under four broad themes that explore architecture, the living world, techniques and materials, and the relationship between science and artistic creation.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Framework.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/framework. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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