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foundation

[foun-dey-shuhn] / faʊnˈdeɪ ʃən /




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Jake Collective, a nonprofit foundation founded in Schreiber’s honor, is partnering with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention on a five-year, $5 million research initiative devoted the mental health needs of neurodivergent children and adolescents.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

The foundation did not provide further details behind its decision to close at the time.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

And though this argument appears plausible, its statistical foundation is weak.

From MarketWatch Jul. 23, 2026

The researchers believe the approach could be applied to a broad range of photonic circuits based on resonators, potentially providing a foundation for more adaptable optical signal processing technologies.

From Science Daily Jul. 22, 2026

With Public Allies thriving, and its longevity all but assured thanks to multiyear federal grants and foundation support, I felt that I could now step away in good faith.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

Our expectation of fairness and our disdain for cheaters, expressed in laws across human cultures, can be traced to social primates—evidence that our sense of justice has deep evolutionary foundations.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

Disclosure: Amazon, Apple and Common Cause have been financial supporters of The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization that is funded in part by donations from members, foundations and corporate sponsors.

From Salon Jul. 24, 2026

The findings support the possibility that gravity and spacetime have both informational and thermodynamic foundations.

From Science Daily Jul. 21, 2026

Laying the foundations, though, on an island where over-mining has left the landscape looking more like a moonscape, has been far from straightforward.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

Cain releases my arm and his voice booms out, shaking the foundations of the amphitheater and silencing the panic setting in.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir




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