foundation
Example Sentences
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Her findings revolutionized primatology and laid the foundation for other women researchers to later take the lead in the field.
These steps depend only on fundamental constants and the frequency of the applied modulation, making them the foundation of the global voltage standard for the "volt."
From Science Daily
Instead, 1930 has become the foundation on which next year’s competition was built.
From Los Angeles Times
But that’s a conscious misinterpretation of this most American of movies, whose foundation is strengthened by immigrant dreams.
From Los Angeles Times
Forbes pegs his net worth at $17 billion, though the bulk of that is based on the value of Telegram, which he said he plans to leave to a nonprofit foundation.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
