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foundational
[ foun-dey-shuh-nl ]
adjective
- of or relating to the basis or groundwork on which something rests or is built; needing to be understood or established at the beginning:
We believe that fostering a strong local community is a foundational component of our inner-city scholarship program, guiding everything else we do.
Other Word Forms
- ڴdzܲ·岹·پDz·· adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of foundational1
Example Sentences
“This is a foundational degradation in our intelligence capabilities,” said Schoonover, the founder and CEO of the Ecological Futures Group.
Instead it is using our nation’s foundational civil rights law as a pretext to coerce states into abandoning efforts to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion through lawful programs and policies.”
While “rationality” is a low baseline, it was foundational to the framers’ conception of the new country that they were creating with the Constitution.
So that's the first bucket: “How are we addressing those costs, the foundational building blocks of the American dream, and what are we doing to tangibly lower those costs?”
’s happening right now is not a matter of opinion or partisanship—it’s a test of whether we believe in the foundational idea that the law should protect people, not just power.
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