foundation
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These terms might be the foundation of financial planning in their own respect, but it isn’t everyday language for the average person.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
The study crystallized what kindergarten and elementary school teachers are also seeing: High-quality education that starts earlier gives students a better foundation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
The tech is getting a lot of credit here for assisting researchers in finding the bugs, and the PHP foundation, which oversees the programming language, was on the case and issued a fix.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
This innovation became the foundation of phase-contrast microscopy, earning Zernike the 1953 Nobel Prize in Physics.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026
Perhaps the house was stained to its very foundation and that smell of something long dead and dried would always cling to the rooms and the rustle of rats would always come from the ceiling.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Those foundations can begin with something as simple as learning to put on a jacket, a common milestone for a preschooler.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
He has collaborated extensively with Sinova's Mainz research team and played a central role in establishing the theoretical foundations of altermagnetism.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
The Texas Tribune is a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization that is funded in part by donations from members, foundations and corporate sponsors.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026
The ICC said the measures were an assault on the rule of law and the foundations of the international legal order.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
Galileo had laid the foundations of science and pointed the way for others; but there was plenty for others to do in building on those foundations.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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