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foundation

[foun-dey-shuhn] / faʊnˈdeɪ ʃən /




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Gates told staff at his foundation in February that he said he was aware of some "18-month thing" that had limited Epstein's travel, but that he didn't properly check his background.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

They believe Apple’s AI journey is to be iterative over the next couple of years, with the latest announcements serving as a solid foundation for the edge AI platform the company is building.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Before the war, he ran an art foundation in his native region of Transcarpathia in western Ukraine.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Because attention serves as the foundation for so many aspects of thinking, declines in focus may represent an important early warning sign of broader cognitive changes.

From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026

In about twelve hours, in an undergraduate dorm room in New York, he had poured the foundation for the Human Genome Project.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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