foundational
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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
Around that time, Ludovico reached out to another figure from Padua, the young but already accomplished artist Andrea Mantegna, whose transformative use of classical sources made him one of the foundational figures of the Renaissance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 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
The result, a compact treatise titled Generation of Animals, would serve as a foundational text for human genetics just as Plato’s Republic was a founding text for political philosophy.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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