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foundation
noun as in basis for something physical or mental
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authority, base, bedrock, groundwork, infrastructure, support
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ABCs, basics, bed, bottom, foot, footing, ground, guts, heart, justification, nitty-gritty, nub, prop, reason, root, setup, stay, substratum, substructure, understructure
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noun as in established institution
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association, charity, company, corporation, endowment, establishment, institute, organization, society
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Example Sentences
Echoing language used by Moscow, he added that various NGOs and foundations had used that as a facade for meddling in other countries' internal affairs.
“In our view, the combination of pricing actions and structural cost resets under new leadership lays the foundation for a more durable turnaround,” he wrote.
That’s a fatal flaw in the Santa Claus rally’s statistical foundation, unless there is a good explanation for why Santa Claus was asleep for more than 60 years and then woke up.
The British tradition of Christian Zionism laid the foundation for the Balfour Declaration, and eventually the state of Israel.
The blocks turned out to be the pedestal, the steps, and the foundation that are going to sit under Cleopatra’s Needle.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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