foundation stone
noun
1
: a stone in the foundation of a building
especially
: such a stone laid with public ceremony compare cornerstone
2
: basis, groundwork
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To be a truly great newspaper is to be a civic foundation stone for a just and free society.
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Washington Post, 14 June 2024
In an event overflowing with symbolism, Modi and Adityanath laid the foundation stone for the new temple at Ayodhya on August 5 this year, which just coincidentally was the first anniversary of the end of Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood.
—Arundhati Katju, Foreign Affairs, 23 Dec. 2020
In one trench, dirt was carefully brushed from what appeared to be a flagstone floor and foundation stones.
—Megan Specia, New York Times, 26 May 2024
Modi, reelected resoundingly that year after a heavily Hindu nationalist campaign, laid the foundation stone at the construction site in 2020 as work began.
—Anant Gupta, Washington Post, 22 Jan. 2024
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Washington Post, 14 June 2024
In an event overflowing with symbolism, Modi and Adityanath laid the foundation stone for the new temple at Ayodhya on August 5 this year, which just coincidentally was the first anniversary of the end of Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood.
—Arundhati Katju, Foreign Affairs, 23 Dec. 2020
In one trench, dirt was carefully brushed from what appeared to be a flagstone floor and foundation stones.
—Megan Specia, New York Times, 26 May 2024
Modi, reelected resoundingly that year after a heavily Hindu nationalist campaign, laid the foundation stone at the construction site in 2020 as work began.
—Anant Gupta, Washington Post, 22 Jan. 2024
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“Foundation stone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foundation%20stone. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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