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foundation

noun

fau̇n-ˈdā-shən

Definition of foundation

as in institute

a public organization with a particular purpose or function donated to a foundation that supported cancer research

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as in basis

an immaterial thing upon which something else rests she had a good enough foundation in math to pursue an economics degree

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Recent Examples of foundation Rather than mine the archive wholesale, Icons reduces recognizable Borgo signatures to their foundations, preserving the rigor while shifting their expression. — Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026 This expectation has no observable foundation in Xi’s 14-year rule. — Jonathan A. Czin, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2026 Biossance uses this as the foundation of every one of its products. — ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026 The 50 works Sotheby’s is selling now represent roughly one-eighth of the collection by number, while the remaining 350 works are intended to become the foundation of the university’s new museum. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 14 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for foundation

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Only about 70 have been observed or collected, the institute said in a statement.

— Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
The institute, which formally began domesticating Kernza in 2001, works with researchers and farmers around the world to develop perennial versions of wheat, rice, sorghum and other grain and oil seeds.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of institute

Noun

The charging instrument, known as an information, omits references to the specific acts that the state alleges are the basis for the disruption offense, the attorney, Tiffany Burks, wrote in the motion that was filed on Wednesday.

— Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Sep. 2026
Perrin recently curated a traveling Renoir exhibition at the Musée d’Orsay, the institution that also lent on a long-term basis all four of the paintings that were stolen from the Renoir Museum in southern France.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of basis

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An artist who wrote more than 20 books and co-founded feminist institutions with Steinem and Jane Fonda, Morgan defied labels in love and politics.

— Hillel Italie, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
The photographer Nina Howell Starr guest-curated an exhibition, in 1975, of Evans’s work at the museum, making her the third Black woman to have a solo show at the institution.

— Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of institution

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In fact, sports fans in general were baffled that Dončić would be teaming up with LeBron James out west, while the Mavericks traded away their franchise cornerstone.

— Scott Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2026
Released 20 years ago this week, the horror novel by Max Brooks quickly became one of the undisputed cornerstones of walking dead canon.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of cornerstone

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The opposition appears to have only solidified two months before the midterm elections, despite significant donations that crypto groups have given to some Democrats in recent years.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026
The organization will help traditionally Democratic groups like labor and civil society craft AI policy messages, Bores said.

— Ashley Gold, semafor.com, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of group

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That idea became the spiritual bedrock of one of the most consequential publications of the American women’s movement.

— Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026
An incident of the massive scale seen in Nepal is rare, but smaller, similar disasters will be more frequent in the future as the melting of glaciers and permafrost creates unstable bedrock in mountains, according to Cook.

— Megan Fahrney, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2026

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