foundational
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They wouldn’t need to be professional or perfect, just well-intentioned and armed with uncontroversial foundational source material.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
He added: "It was the teachers that I had who really encouraged my writing- that's quite foundational."
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
“We believe that SPCX’s unrivaled launch capabilities represent the foundational competitive advantage that enables all other parts of its business,” Godyn said in a note to clients, labeling the recent Starship mission a “major” milestone.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
According to the researchers, the findings establish a new microbial strategy for anti-aging intervention and provide foundational evidence that could support broader use of MTB in geriatric medicine.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2026
In this sense, statistics is to probability as engineering is to physics—an applied science based on a more intellectually stimulating foundational discipline.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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