foundation
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Nearly two years in, Ryan is using the platform Philbin built as the foundation for the Hammer’s next era.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
While it’s all well and good to connect with people over a mutual hobby, online discourse provides a much more fertile foundation than small talk.
From Slate ● Oct. 11, 2026
They have shown that a laser can generate a plasma filament that functions as a transmitting antenna, establishing a foundation for future improvements.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2026
Mr. Brady “couldn’t see it then,” Mr. Anderson writes, “but this reframing would become the foundation of all his future triumphs . . . and the fountainhead of all his greatest trials.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
A foundation of the tea olive strewn over the bottom, cool and green.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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Two U.S. economists, Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford, have been awarded the Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences for their work on the household and business foundations of economic stability.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
“Right now, you have a situation where the water is undermining the foundations of homes and streets,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026
They can, however, get income-tax deductions when they donate stock to foundations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Inspired by the museum’s Soviet Hippie collection, an archive that documents the suppressed Soviet subculture of the 1960s through photos, clothing and memorabilia, the workshops use historical events as foundations for creative prompts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
Having wiped out these leaders, and having reduced their partisans to his allies, the Duke had laid very good foundations for his power, possessing all of the Romagna along with the Duchy of Urbino.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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