groundwork

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SpaceX is also expected to begin laying the groundwork for its plan for space-based data centers, which the industry thinks could solve a growing energy problem.

From MarketWatch

Experiments like these laid the groundwork for thermodynamics in the 19th century.

From Science Daily

Away from public view, Lukashenko had been laying the groundwork to bring his country closer to America, using prisoners.

From The Wall Street Journal

The groundwork was laid for young creatives to forge a bold, distinctly Zambian musical identity.

From BBC

Now that the groundwork has been done, the dataset can also be used to train computer models to predict which suspected enhancers are real gene switches, potentially saving years of lab work.

From Science Daily