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as in institutions
a public organization with a particular purpose or function
donated to a foundation that supported cancer research
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as in cornerstones
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 foundations
The Associated Press’ climate and environmental coverage receives financial support from multiple private foundations.
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ABC News, 7 June 2026
For example, today’s homes often have open floor plans and concrete slab foundations, while older properties typically had smaller rooms and crawlspaces.
—Kat Tretina, Kansas City Star, 4 June 2026
Those foundations include the Amon G Carter Foundation, the North Texas Community Foundation, the Goff Family Foundation, the Scott Family Foundation and Visit Fort Worth, according to Burghdoff’s presentation.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 June 2026
Municipal partners, private foundations, corporations, and individual donors provided the resources necessary to keep services available while providers across Connecticut demonstrated the effectiveness of the model.
—Beth Hines, Hartford Courant, 4 June 2026
Banerjee noted that the project aims to establish the foundations for more sustainable battery technologies capable of supporting large-scale energy storage in the future.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 June 2026
In the same way that this role built upon the foundations of his initial role as a physician-scientist in palpable ways, so too did his next role build upon this.
—Matt Emma, USA Today, 3 June 2026
The sun is moving through your fourth house of home and emotional foundations, while Saturn in Aries brings discipline to your finances and self-worth.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 2 June 2026
The package included investments in coastal protection, climate finance, resilience-building programs, and other efforts aimed at helping countries adapt to increasingly severe weather events—support that also strengthened the foundations of the region's agricultural sector.
—Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
ABC News, 7 June 2026
For example, today’s homes often have open floor plans and concrete slab foundations, while older properties typically had smaller rooms and crawlspaces.
—Kat Tretina, Kansas City Star, 4 June 2026
Those foundations include the Amon G Carter Foundation, the North Texas Community Foundation, the Goff Family Foundation, the Scott Family Foundation and Visit Fort Worth, according to Burghdoff’s presentation.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 June 2026
Municipal partners, private foundations, corporations, and individual donors provided the resources necessary to keep services available while providers across Connecticut demonstrated the effectiveness of the model.
—Beth Hines, Hartford Courant, 4 June 2026
Banerjee noted that the project aims to establish the foundations for more sustainable battery technologies capable of supporting large-scale energy storage in the future.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 June 2026
In the same way that this role built upon the foundations of his initial role as a physician-scientist in palpable ways, so too did his next role build upon this.
—Matt Emma, USA Today, 3 June 2026
The sun is moving through your fourth house of home and emotional foundations, while Saturn in Aries brings discipline to your finances and self-worth.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 2 June 2026
The package included investments in coastal protection, climate finance, resilience-building programs, and other efforts aimed at helping countries adapt to increasingly severe weather events—support that also strengthened the foundations of the region's agricultural sector.
—Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for foundations
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Freedom is an indictment of systems, institutions, and people who have failed women, Black people, the young, the poor, and me.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
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An international collaboration between 17 academic and scientific institutions, The Memory of Darkness, Light, and Ice was nominated in a competitive category against productions from NOVA, National Geographic Documentary Films and Netflix.—
Tarini Mehta,
Sacbee.com,
9 June 2026
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Both players are being relied upon to be cornerstones of the franchise, and both showed promise in their rookie seasons.—
Ryan Canfield OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
23 May 2026
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Considering the potential for a new manager and the departures of long-serving Guardiola cornerstones like Stones and Silva, this is shaping up to be a big summer of change at City.—
Jessica Hopkins,
New York Times,
22 May 2026
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In addition to the departures at NIAID, 14 of the 27 institutes and centers within NIH are missing permanent directors.—
Kaylah Jackson,
NBC news,
2 June 2026
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Since 2020, state lawmakers have spent over $166 million on these institutes across Florida, according to state records analyzed by WLRN.—
Daniel Rivero,
Miami Herald,
30 May 2026
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But many critics — including transit, affordable housing, environmental justice and clean water groups — said this amounts to a dismantling of the program.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
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The Kansas Coalition for Common Sense, which has supported the petition effort alongside the groups Prairie Progress Civic Action and Leading Kansas, slammed the response.—
Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
29 May 2026
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Nola and Realmuto, long bedrocks for the organization, are facing turmoil.—
Matt Gelb,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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One of the bedrocks of Bednar’s coaching philosophy is breaking the season into 10-game segments.—
Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
3 Apr. 2026
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But the Federal Trade Commission sued to block the deal on antitrust grounds, which led Edgewell to walk away from the acquisition.—
Amelia Lucas,Melissa Repko,
CNBC,
7 June 2026
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Over the years, the garden has produced epic shows, mostly through its process of scattering the work of such art celebrities as Dale Chihuly, Alexander Calder and Deborah Butterfield among the famous flora planted in its grounds on York Street.—
Ray Mark Rinaldi,
Denver Post,
7 June 2026
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