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the arrangement of parts that gives something its basic form
you've got the framework of the story and just need to fill in the details
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Recent Examples of framework
But the framework agreement signed this week hands major financial concessions to Iran that could ultimately go much further than the Obama-era arrangement.
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Ruth Sherlock, NPR, 19 June 2026
Aureliano said Indigenous communities need legal frameworks that both support their territories and respect the diversity of Brazil’s 391 Indigenous peoples.
—ABC News, 19 June 2026
Earlier presidential libraries operated more closely within traditional federal archival frameworks.
—Andre Dowell, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026
Large randomized trials testing specific food protocols don’t yet exist, but the hormonal physiology underlying the general framework is well documented.
—Allison Palmer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 June 2026
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Ruth Sherlock, NPR, 19 June 2026
Aureliano said Indigenous communities need legal frameworks that both support their territories and respect the diversity of Brazil’s 391 Indigenous peoples.
—ABC News, 19 June 2026
Earlier presidential libraries operated more closely within traditional federal archival frameworks.
—Andre Dowell, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026
Large randomized trials testing specific food protocols don’t yet exist, but the hormonal physiology underlying the general framework is well documented.
—Allison Palmer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for framework
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Days before the five-year anniversary of the 2021 building collapse that killed 98 people in Surfside, the federal government has published findings that determined the structure of the Champlain Towers South condominium started failing about three weeks before the catastrophe.—
Aaron Leibowitz,
Miami Herald,
23 June 2026
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Strong winds struck an outdoor section of the venue, causing the structure to partially collapse.—
Kelly McGreal,
FOXNews.com,
23 June 2026
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Truth spoke with clarity and conviction about the architecture of oppression that conspired to diminish her.—
Jocelyn Frye,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 June 2026
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Dotted across Saudi Arabia’s dark green home jersey are symmetrical lavender squares or diamond shapes, a tribute to doorway decoration — namely geometric, triangular architecture — commonly seen in homes in the kingdom.—
Steve Douglas,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2026
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“Framework.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/framework. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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