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foundation

[faun-day-shuhn] / faʊnˈdeɪ ʃən /




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Nearly two years in, Ryan is using the platform Philbin built as the foundation for the Hammer’s next era.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

After all, one of the biggest pet peeves of modern makers is the perception of their craft as being a frivolous hobby, rather than centuries-old skills that served as a foundation of modern engineering.

From Slate ● Oct. 11, 2026

If future studies confirm the calculations, the findings could provide an important foundation for designing more efficient fusion systems and help researchers make better decisions about reactor construction.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026

This was the foundation of the Western mind: our math, our science, our medicine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

I felt my shoe pass through the foundation.

From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon

Two U.S. economists, Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford, have been awarded the Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences for their work on the household and business foundations of economic stability.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

Yet the “Turing machine,” as it came to be known, provided the theoretical foundations for all computers to this day.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Pearlman supports campus efforts to create foundations for scholarships and lobbying Sacramento and Washington to keep funding, including student aid, at necessary levels.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

And income is also spent on many things other than transfers, including player wages, utilities, insurance, infrastructure, marketing, foundations and more.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Recent events have the house rocking on its foundations.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank




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