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
Rather than maintaining restrictions that pushed investors toward riskier alternatives, the FCA acknowledged that demand for crypto exposure wouldn't disappear and chose to channel it through proper regulatory frameworks.
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Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2025
First, regularly remind students and teachers that anything schools try – literacy frameworks, teaching practices, new assessments – is a best guess.
—Justin Reich, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
The Warriors never wavered on team option frameworks.
—Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Courts need frameworks for when agents sign contracts, invent things that are patented, or commit crimes.
—Toby Stuart, Time, 29 Sep. 2025
Duties include leading diverse teams, developing AI testing frameworks and establishing quality contracts.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Sep. 2025
With the right frameworks, trade can play a central role in making AI work for all.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 26 Sep. 2025
Each receives intensive support across five modules — script doctoring, budgeting, legal frameworks, funding applications, and production planning — plus a €4,000 ($4,640) stipend, one-on-one mentorship, and exposure at Spain’s indie industry showcase Abycine Lanza.
—Callum McLennan, Variety, 23 Sep. 2025
The result is a bill that insists on safety frameworks, incident reports, whistleblower protections, and a public compute resource, but stops short of imposing the same sweeping mandates that alarmed lawmakers and industry last year.
—The Ai Insider, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2025
Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2025
First, regularly remind students and teachers that anything schools try – literacy frameworks, teaching practices, new assessments – is a best guess.
—Justin Reich, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
The Warriors never wavered on team option frameworks.
—Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Courts need frameworks for when agents sign contracts, invent things that are patented, or commit crimes.
—Toby Stuart, Time, 29 Sep. 2025
Duties include leading diverse teams, developing AI testing frameworks and establishing quality contracts.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Sep. 2025
With the right frameworks, trade can play a central role in making AI work for all.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 26 Sep. 2025
Each receives intensive support across five modules — script doctoring, budgeting, legal frameworks, funding applications, and production planning — plus a €4,000 ($4,640) stipend, one-on-one mentorship, and exposure at Spain’s indie industry showcase Abycine Lanza.
—Callum McLennan, Variety, 23 Sep. 2025
The result is a bill that insists on safety frameworks, incident reports, whistleblower protections, and a public compute resource, but stops short of imposing the same sweeping mandates that alarmed lawmakers and industry last year.
—The Ai Insider, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for frameworks
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Legacy platforms carry decades of product architectures optimized for email, documents, and collaboration as separate entities.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
24 Sep. 2025
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Skunk Works is investing the funds and manpower necessary to build and test survivable systems to meet customers’ evolving needs while broadening alignment with new tri-service architectures and global requirements as they are defined, according to a press release.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Those atoms then could bind together, just as Democritus had theorized more than 2000 years before, into the molecules and larger structures that composed our macroscopic world.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
30 Sep. 2025
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Excavations from 2006 to 2009 have identified the remains of a Byzantine church dating to the fifth century, but farther below, rock-cut structures have been dated to the period when Mary lived there.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Without their data, infrastructures and skilled personnel, crafting federal policies that serve the best interests of the nation would be impossible.—
Sheldon Jacobson,
Twin Cities,
25 Sep. 2025
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High-performance networking is the crucial element of these infrastructures, and Arista is providing the foundation.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Frameworks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frameworks. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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