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Cornerstones of nuclear safety, it said, are being knocked out from the plant even as it continues operating.

From New York Times • Aug. 5, 2022

Bose Houser, president and chief executive officer of the Philadelphia-based design and construction company Rocks + Cornerstones, has received calls from people who are having trouble with electrical switches that don’t work and backlogged toilets.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 6, 2022

Maura Williams, vice president of housing and community services at the Cornerstones nonprofit organization, said it was particularly difficult to keep staff working under the county hotel program.

From Washington Post • May 29, 2022

In a corner of Fairfax County where refugees from the Middle East and Central America have recently settled, many of Cornerstones clients are immigrants.

From Slate • Mar. 22, 2018

Cornerstones they are indeed, but Royal Mail and the Post Office need more dynamic thinking than is evident in this bill.

From The Guardian • Oct. 13, 2010