foundation

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The skirt steak gets seared first until deeply browned, leaving behind savory crisped bits on the bottom of the skillet that become the foundation of the entire dish.

From Salon • May 19, 2026

"The results provide a promising foundation for the development of future diagnostic methods, as Glycan Atlasing delivers reliable results even in complex samples," explains Möckl, the study leader and corresponding author.

From Science Daily • May 18, 2026

“I didn’t deeply internalize how difficult it would be to build a foundation AI lab like OpenAI and Anthropic and the fact that they needed huge investments from the supplier themselves.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

The Eurovision Song Contest -- the biggest live televised music event -- has evolved to keep pace with technological, artistic and geopolitical changes since its foundation in 1956.

From Barron's • May 16, 2026

The foundation had an endowment of roughly $22 billion, which generated about $1.1 billion in annual income to spend on various projects, about half of it to improve global health.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French