frameworks

NOUN

foundation, core

Synonyms

STRONGEST

groundwork plan scheme structure

STRONG

cage fabric frame schema shell skeleton

WEAK

bare bones frame of reference

Example Sentences

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Many other European countries have similar frameworks for their cultural tests.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

The behavior in the cases above is plausibly illegal under several existing frameworks, but no case has tested those theories against off-platform manipulation of prediction markets.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

However, the two frameworks treat time in very different ways.

From Science Daily • May 3, 2026

Some of the frustration has also been building around India's new labour codes - which brought together dozens of existing labour and industrial laws into four broader frameworks.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

The profusion of metaconcepts in professional writing—all those levels, issues, contexts, frameworks, and perspectives—also makes sense when you consider the personal history of chunking and functional fixity in the writers.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker