How to Use framework in a Sentence

framework

noun
  • The panels are attached to the building's steel framework.
  • An iron framework surrounds the sculpture.
  • These influences threaten the very framework of our society.
  • He questions the study's theoretical framework.
  • The book provides a general framework for understanding modern politics.
  • That framework just needs to be dusted off.
    Thomas L. Friedman, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Think of the trail less as a checklist and more as a framework.
    Lauren Schuster, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2026
  • Sickness was the framework around which all else hung.
    Courtney Crowder, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026
  • First, rigid job frameworks that cannot keep up with real work.
    CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026
  • There are times when the film can feel weighted down by its clever framework.
    Stephen Saito, Variety, 14 Mar. 2026
  • So what’s your response to that framework?
    ABC News, 17 May 2026
  • Our framework for a plan is based in real-time, based on how these guys feel.
    Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
  • That framework fit an era when a company was its app.
    Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • For now, the goal is to come up with a general framework.
    Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 28 Sep. 2025
  • As the vine grows, tie it to the window’s framework using twine.
    Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 31 Mar. 2023
  • But the leaders who matter now aren't the ones with the best frameworks.
    Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Illinois has built a good framework for fair school funding.
    John Cullerton, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
  • And the framework for success gets built between the two.
    Kathleen Lucente, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • Some regression will come, but the framework around him is strong.
    Sukhman Singh, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Several steps away, the framework for a speakeasy-style club is in the works.
    Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 8 July 2024
  • Working within the framework of the show gave us a kind of sandbox to play in.
    Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Isn't that still within the legal framework?
    CBS News, 3 May 2026
  • The science of healthy aging is one more reason the old framework breaks.
    Jon Sabes, Fortune, 7 June 2026
  • Legal frameworks alone did not protect them.
    Nicole F. Roberts, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • That framework applies equally across the league.
    Dan Kilpatrick, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Where should companies start with this framework?
    Oleg Levitas, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The framework doesn't have a good solution to this problem just yet.
    Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2025
  • How does the high court determine which rights fit under this framework?
    Kenji Yoshino, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2022
  • As always, consider this a framework rather than a rule book.
    Iman Balagam, Vogue, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Neither Google nor the chamber had agreed to the framework.
    Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025

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