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Six example sentences with foundation, each labelled with its topic.
The tower leans because its foundation sits on soft clay that the medieval builders never tested before laying stone.
Architecture
Descartes wanted a single certainty as the foundation of everything else that could be claimed as knowledge.
Philosophy
Cheap coal and a dense canal network formed the foundation of the region's factory economy for nearly a century.
Economics
The bass line is the foundation of the track, and every other instrument was recorded on top of it.
Music
The claim had no foundation in the contract, so the judge threw it out before hearing a single witness.
Law
Defense was the foundation of the program, and freshmen learned to slide their feet before they touched a ball.
Basketball
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