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planning

/ˈplænɪŋ/ noun B2
  1. The act of formulating of a course of action, or of drawing up plans. (countable, uncountable)
  2. The act of making contingency plans. (countable, uncountable)

Plural plannings

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“You look like a general who is planning a battle with his chief of the staff.”
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 180 · C1
I cannot help thinking it would have been a great pity to have served him that trick you were planning yesterday.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 29 · C1
I’ve been thinking and planning.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 322 · C1
"He wanted to get our amiable friend out of his room—that is very clear, and, as the collector never went out, it took some planning to do it.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 90 · B2

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