foundational

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Over the past two years, Roshni Kakaiya, a San Diego–based family medicine doctor, has created a training model that lets clinicians easily practice paracervical blocks—education she believes should be foundational for anyone in women’s health.

From Slate • Jun. 7, 2026

Work started on the castle in 1215, the same year as Magna Carta, the foundational declaration of English liberty, was signed.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

“They’re loathe to really critique some of the foundational problems like a real ideological opponent would.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

People still need to learn how to think critically, solve problems independently and develop foundational skills.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

The result, a compact treatise titled Generation of Animals, would serve as a foundational text for human genetics just as Plato’s Republic was a founding text for political philosophy.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee