as in architectures
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 frameworks
The cast also includes Nayanthara, Kiara Advani, Huma Qureshi, Rukmini Vasanth and Tara Sutaria in what Yash describes as roles built around power dynamics that extend beyond conventional gender frameworks.
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 May 2026
The governance, audit, and insurance frameworks enterprises rely on were written for a world where a human approved every transaction.
—Janakiram Msv, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
The data acquired from KAERI will assist in validating the safety parameters and coolant mechanics of the Natrium design for US regulatory frameworks.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 17 May 2026
The cycle that isn’t The idea that economies expand and contract in predictable waves is one of the most durable frameworks in economics.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 May 2026
This entry introduces the concept of media dependency through one of the most influential theories, the media dependency system model, and its relation to other theoretical frameworks such as uses and gratifications theory and the power dependency model.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026
As such, international frameworks and agreements could facilitate information sharing, standardize security protocols and establish rapid response mechanisms in the event of a cable breach.
—John Calabrese, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2025
The meeting in Thune’s office came after days of hard-line House lawmakers hammering away at the Senate’s budget resolution, which was meant to be a compromise between the contrasting frameworks each chamber adopted earlier this year.
—Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 9 Apr. 2025
Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 May 2026
The governance, audit, and insurance frameworks enterprises rely on were written for a world where a human approved every transaction.
—Janakiram Msv, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
The data acquired from KAERI will assist in validating the safety parameters and coolant mechanics of the Natrium design for US regulatory frameworks.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 17 May 2026
The cycle that isn’t The idea that economies expand and contract in predictable waves is one of the most durable frameworks in economics.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 May 2026
This entry introduces the concept of media dependency through one of the most influential theories, the media dependency system model, and its relation to other theoretical frameworks such as uses and gratifications theory and the power dependency model.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026
As such, international frameworks and agreements could facilitate information sharing, standardize security protocols and establish rapid response mechanisms in the event of a cable breach.
—John Calabrese, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2025
The meeting in Thune’s office came after days of hard-line House lawmakers hammering away at the Senate’s budget resolution, which was meant to be a compromise between the contrasting frameworks each chamber adopted earlier this year.
—Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 9 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for frameworks
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The drive for digital sovereignty is reaching all continents, often throwing long-standing IT architectures and the dependencies that come with them into doubt or disarray.—
Kevin Korte,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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Although there are fewer cores than the main desktop and laptop chip lines, Wildcat Lake still leverages cutting-edge process nodes and architectures.—
Jon Martindale,
PC Magazine,
13 May 2026
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Walking across shiny, immaculately clean floors into the still room, a tour leads visitors to a room with the immense structures the Bakers use to make their special brand of whiskey.—
Emily M. Olson,
Hartford Courant,
17 May 2026
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And although the new addition containing the guest rooms sticks out quite a bit, the original brick structures have been carefully preserved.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 May 2026
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Like Ophelia’s Got Talent, SANCTA pushes the limits of the infrastructures that support performance art.—
Caroline Lillian Schopp,
Artforum,
13 May 2026
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Sometimes, the urgency of providing healthy food eclipses the equally important need to build new infrastructures such that one day, food inequalities will no longer exist.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Frameworks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frameworks. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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