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• Healey is beginning to lay the groundwork for when the state would spend its share of the cash.
  — Matt Stout, BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2023
• Auburn is hopeful that Bright can lay the groundwork for the team’s path back through this side of the bracket.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 20 June 2022
• That would lay the groundwork for the sector to be able to reach net zero emissions by 2050, the IEA said.
  — Will Horner, WSJ, 27 June 2023
• The Bletchley Park efforts helped turn the tide of war and lay the groundwork for the modern computer.
  — Cat Zakrzewski, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2023
• And Beau’s experience of watching the play begins to lay the groundwork for the final act of the film.
  — Vulture, 13 June 2023
• The project, researchers say, will lay the groundwork for future space travel.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Sep. 2022
• Sleep Deals One of the best ways to lay the foundation for good health is through plenty of quality z’s.
  — Sarah Madaus, SELF, 5 July 2023
• The moment helped lay the groundwork for her character.
  — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 26 May 2023
• In essence, Vanilla Ice’s success helped lay the groundwork for the gangsta rap that killed his career.
  — Marc Ballon, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2023
• Starting almost 50 years ago, Blades, who grew up in Panama, helped lay the groundwork.
  — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2023
• His death grabbed the attention of the FBI and helped lay the foundation for Indiana to pass its version of a bias crimes law.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 21 June 2023
• The song’s distinct rhythm, which would also go on to inspire the Latin hip-hop genre reggaeton, helped lay the groundwork for the Dembow sound.
  — USA TODAY, 20 July 2023
• Keogh said the soil work at the site has been completed, and now the company will begin to lay the foundation this summer.
  — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 15 Feb. 2024
• Now officials say the campaign will help lay the groundwork to bolster UTD’s future growth.
  — Dallas News, 5 Sep. 2022
• The high-level talks aim to lay the groundwork for potential negotiations to end the war in Ukraine.
  — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 6 July 2023
• Read more: Best Air Purifiers One of the best ways to lay the foundation for good health is through plenty of quality z’s.
  — Jessica Kasparian, SELF, 11 Oct. 2023
• All of it helped lay the groundwork for an ending that resonated as more than just another crazy twist.
  — Time, 18 Nov. 2022
• Brinkley’s three previous books on this theme lay the groundwork for a story of uplift.
  — Scott W. Stern, The New Republic, 10 Jan. 2023
• One way to lay the groundwork for bundled solutions is for the EV ecosystem to bring in the home-building industry as a new partner.
  — Tracy Price, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
• That team would lay the groundwork for the investigation that Mr. Smith would take over as special counsel a year and a half later.
  — Adam Goldman, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
• The treaties that govern Antarctica helped lay the foundation for space agreements.
  — Sara Clemence, The Atlantic, 3 July 2023
• The results of these primaries will lay the groundwork for the general elections in November.
  — ABC News, 28 June 2022
• Those motions lay the groundwork for what will be the first major legal fight in the case, which was filed in Superior Court in Atlanta last week.
  — Danny Hakim, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2023
• The plan, adopted in 2019, will lay the groundwork for redevelopment.
  — Stacy Ryburn, arkansasonline.com, 6 Dec. 2023
• Trump's design at times required blowing up land to lay the foundation for his wall, as ABC News reported in 2020.
  — Quinn Owen, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2023
• The ability to be the first and to start something from the ground up and to really lay the foundation, that's a once-in-a-career opportunity.
  — Al Gaspeny, Arkansas Online, 2 Aug. 2023
• Such artists helped lay the groundwork for regional scenes that would gain national prominence.
  — Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2022
• At Middle School 50 in Brooklyn, where all eighth graders take algebra, teachers rewrote lesson plans for sixth- and seventh-grade students to lay the groundwork for the class.
  — Troy Closson, New York Times, 22 May 2024
• His legal theories and court cases helped lay the groundwork onto which the ruling came toppling down.
  — Dallas News, 3 July 2022
• Henao-Restrepo believes that what has been achieved here will lay the groundwork for future responses.
  — Helen Branswell, STAT, 13 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024