foundation
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Nevertheless, he said the school was taking part because the money being offered was a significant upgrade on its previous breakfast club offer, which he said had relied on funding from a charitable foundation.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026
In demonstrating that possibility in humans, they helped alter the trajectory of cancer medicine, work that ultimately contributed to a Nobel Prize for Thomas and laid the foundation for modern immunotherapies.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
Pittsburgh saw building on commercial land nearly double, setting the foundation for its tech economy of today.
From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026
The job helped hone his ability to understand customers, a core foundation of Netflix’s user-driven, candor-obsessed culture.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
After a truth-telling lecture tour failed to attract much of an audience, Maggie retracted her confession: “I gave expression to utterances that had no foundation in fact.”
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
Vocabulary lists containing foundation
Giving Words
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The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 6
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Essential English Vocabulary, List 1
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