groundwork
Example Sentences
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Chancellor Rachel Reeves said the government's choices had laid the groundwork for the Bank of England to cut interest rates and left Britain with the fastest-growing European economy in the G7 group of nations.
From BBC
His dream, he said, is to create a "large national bonsai collection", something he had already begun laying the groundwork for.
From Barron's
While Venkatesham was involved in the execution of the deal that took Frank across London, the groundwork was completed in advance of the CEO joining last summer.
From BBC
Within such protected spaces, early chemical networks might have developed proto-metabolic activity and even basic self-replication, laying important groundwork for biological evolution.
From Science Daily
The sanctions aim to stem the flow of revenue to the regime and lay the legal groundwork for potential seizures.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
