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foundation

[foun-dey-shuhn] / faʊnˈdeɪ ʃən /




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The foundation overseeing the traveling exhibition has also said the collection “would return to Mexico at the end of the period of temporary export.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

However, he added, the new plan provided a "solid foundation" for the music industry and the government to "work on these challenges together".

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

In a letter last month to the municipality of Lipari and the Sicily region, the environmental foundation Marevivo called the authorisation procedure for the desalination plants to be suspended.

From Barron's Jul. 13, 2026

If one of your jobs offers steadier hours than the others, consider making it your financial foundation — and treating your remaining work as supplemental income.

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 2026

The second half gives a brief overview of music education and teaching in the U.S., which provides the foundation of the discipline for the book.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

Throughout the match, India's players repeatedly paid tribute to the pioneers who had laid the foundations of women's cricket in the country, insisting that this moment belonged to them too.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

This process is meant to help identify any early issues before foundations are laid and concrete is poured.

From MarketWatch Jul. 6, 2026

The foundations of quantum mechanics were built by pioneers including Schrödinger and Werner Heisenberg.

From Science Daily Jul. 5, 2026

It has always emerged with its democratic and economic foundations stronger.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 4, 2026

Those Fertile Crescent crops spread into climatically similar adjacent areas of North Africa and laid the foundations for the rise of ancient Egyptian civilization.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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