foundations
- plural of foundation.
Example Sentences
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The program is free for participants, funded by a host of local and national foundations, corporations and individual donors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
With the team netting 20 times in North America, Deschamps has arguably laid the foundations for his successor's attacking set-up.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
The federal government’s prospective disinvestment in the sciences has long been the status quo for the humanities, with corporate foundations and private philanthropy providing the main funding sources.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
An avid player of the ancient board game Go, the 37-year-old was also honored for research that laid the foundations for this breakthrough.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
He reasoned that the resulting chaos in TB control would reach catastrophic levels, and finally private foundations would have to step in and deal with the prisons.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
