groundwork
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In recent years Ratner tried to lay groundwork for a career reboot.
One of the officials said Sharaa’s forces are conducting “shaping operations” to prepare the groundwork for a potential new offensive.
Already, the industry is laying the groundwork for a lobbying push to raise the final rates, which will be announced in April.
And they are laying groundwork for AI that can one day reproduce the knowledge of an experienced leader or skilled worker.
He wants the headlines, but without doing the hard graft to lay the groundwork needed for peace to be durable.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.