foundations

Synonyms

basis foot founding rationale props footing groundwork substructure grounds infrastructure bedrock fundamentals cornerstone point of departure nuts and bolts
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Phrases with the word

lay the foundations of lay the foundations provide the foundations strike at the foundations sap the foundations foundations of mathematics

Examples

AACF is governed by a local board of directors and is a partner of CommunityGiving, a collaborative of many community foundations united under a single framework to create efficiencies that maximize the impact of donors. Source: Internet

1980s: Establishment of the network Foundations The Fox network's foundations were laid in March 1985 through News Corporation 's $255 million purchase of a 50% interest in TCF Holdings, the parent company of the 20th Century Fox film studio. Source: Internet

20th century novel The Quiet American (1955) by English novelist Graham Greene questions the foundations of growing American involvement in Vietnam in the 1950s. Source: Internet

According to the report, the oil giant Chevron is a "Corporate Partner of the Police" for the New Orleans Police & Justice Foundation and a board member of police foundations in Houston and Salt Lake City. Source: Internet

According to the Ministry of Agriculture, "this three-year project was built on solid foundations since a set of actions aimed at preparing this GCA and Forest and Pastoral Inventory had been carried out over the past three years." Source: Internet

A fourth volume on the foundations of geometry had been planned, but the authors admitted to intellectual exhaustion upon completion of the third. Source: Internet