Thesaurus results for CORNERSTONE

cornerstone

noun

ˈkȯr-nər-ˌstōn

as in basis

an immaterial thing upon which something else rests a concern for basic human rights was the cornerstone of the president's foreign policy

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Recent Examples of cornerstone The open-source software movement, partly a political project to protect the freedom to tinker and prevent corporate oligarchies from stifling innovation, would become a cornerstone of the technology industry. —

Jonathan Weber, Fortune, 19 May 2026 Bread is a cornerstone for Noble, who taught himself to bake and cook from Julia Child cookbooks while working in the bar business. —

Charlotte Observer, 19 May 2026 The explosive growth of women’s sports has transformed it from a niche market into a cultural and economic cornerstone, and nowhere is that better exemplified than here. —

Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 19 May 2026 Demna has made these mundane character studies a cornerstone of his creative vision, and this Gucci show in New York was no exception. —

José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 17 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for cornerstone

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Ryan Zeferjahn gave up the first run of the game and walked the bases loaded, but Chase Silseth (1-0) worked out of the jam by getting slugger Nick Kurtz to ground into a game-ending double play.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2026
If multimodality in Omni comes together, these models may eventually form the basis for future Gemini releases to simplify Google’s AI ecosystem.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 19 May 2026