groundwork

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At Ulm in the early 1990s, Rangnick was laying the groundwork for a tactical revolution in German football as one of the first managers to introduce zonal marking.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Yale economist Robert Shiller has been widely credited with laying much of the theoretical groundwork for perpetual futures.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

That sentence alone is enough to stoke the concerns of investors worried that the tech and artificial intelligence trade has captured markets in a potentially damaging upswing—and lay the groundwork for a summertime pullback.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

And he laid the groundwork for the Dodgers’ sixth straight victory, their 13th in 15 games.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026

I figured lying was laying a good groundwork for that.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan