groundwork
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He moved back home to Texas and started investing in real estate, laying the groundwork for the holding company Leon Capital Group.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Unified letter shows that the school board was laying the legal groundwork to dismiss Carvalho for cause, which would have deprived him of contractual severance payments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
"Our findings are laying the groundwork for an observation we'll get in the next couple of years," Schmerr said.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026
"It certainly helps lay the groundwork for nuclear weapons in the future," said Imran Bayoumi, a resident fellow at the Atlantic Council think tank and former policy adviser at the US Defence Department.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Tansy and Aunt Maud were back and forth between dish-board and stove, laying the groundwork for dinner.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
