groundwork

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A Chinese company started laying the groundwork for a competing trial within six weeks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 10, 2026

New York City: By streaming the pulse of Wall Street, this invention democratized financial information and laid the groundwork for the modern, high-speed global economy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 9, 2026

A year after the 1849 constitution, the state legislature created the groundwork of today’s “community property” law by defining anything acquired during marriage as “common property.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2026

Last week, Tehran and Washington signed a memorandum of understanding laying the groundwork for the negotiations, after a 40-day war that was followed by weeks of an inconclusive and oft-breached ceasefire.

From Barron's • Jun. 22, 2026

The NSA had instructed him to patch up fraying relations with Britain’s intelligence community—and also to lay the groundwork for spying on America’s enemies, as well as some of its closest friends.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield