lay the groundwork/foundation
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: to provide the right conditions
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His comments ruling out a 2028 bid came far-right activist Laura Loomer accused Kennedy aide Stefanie Spear of using her position at HHS to lay the groundwork for Kennedy to run again.
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Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 16 Aug. 2025
Either way, two-way or three-way discussions could lay the foundation for later agreement.
—Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025
Several stakeholders urged the committee to devote more time and resources in Workstream I to the convention’s governance, because that will lay the groundwork for the convention’s success.
—Nana Ama Sarfo, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
These consistent reactions lay the groundwork for more advanced functions, such as stimulus discrimination, which is essential for applications like facial recognition, decision-making, and generalized AI inference.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 Aug. 2025
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Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 16 Aug. 2025
Either way, two-way or three-way discussions could lay the foundation for later agreement.
—Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025
Several stakeholders urged the committee to devote more time and resources in Workstream I to the convention’s governance, because that will lay the groundwork for the convention’s success.
—Nana Ama Sarfo, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
These consistent reactions lay the groundwork for more advanced functions, such as stimulus discrimination, which is essential for applications like facial recognition, decision-making, and generalized AI inference.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 Aug. 2025
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“Lay the groundwork/foundation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lay%20the%20groundwork%2Ffoundation. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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