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the arrangement of parts that gives something its basic form
you've got the framework of the story and just need to fill in the details
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Recent Examples of framework
The groups have helped lay the early framework for major deals before getting buy-in from leadership and other lawmakers.
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Emily Wilkins, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2025
Yet within that framework, the archive-lab-fund alliance has managed to thrive, focusing on preservation, education and access.
—Lise Pedersen, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
Establishing a regulatory framework for stablecoins has long been a priority for crypto advocates on Capitol Hill.
—Zach Halaschak, The Washington Examiner, 17 Oct. 2025
Some regression will come, but the framework around him is strong.
—Sukhman Singh, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
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Emily Wilkins, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2025
Yet within that framework, the archive-lab-fund alliance has managed to thrive, focusing on preservation, education and access.
—Lise Pedersen, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
Establishing a regulatory framework for stablecoins has long been a priority for crypto advocates on Capitol Hill.
—Zach Halaschak, The Washington Examiner, 17 Oct. 2025
Some regression will come, but the framework around him is strong.
—Sukhman Singh, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for framework
Noun
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There were five more minutes left to play — in Emery’s view, sufficient time to attack with greater structure, moving slowly with numbers upfield.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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Despite the discovery of nuclear fission by Otto Hahn in December 1938 and significant achievements of other German physicists and chemists in research on the structure of the atom, the Nazis were not rushing to put that research to use.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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The company plans to continue releasing updates as testing progresses, pushing its axial flux architecture toward the next benchmark in electric propulsion.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
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Artworks, curated from the foundation’s existing collection, are categorized under four broad themes that explore architecture, the living world, techniques and materials, and the relationship between science and artistic creation.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Framework.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/framework. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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