lay the groundwork/foundation

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: to provide the right conditions

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He is widely considered to have helped lay the groundwork for Macron’s rise to power in 2017. —

Sylvie Corbet, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024 At the heart of this transformation are companies like Adobe, which helped lay the groundwork for Silicon Slopes’ rise. —

Dardan Pula, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2024 The company has been testing its autonomous vehicles in the Florida city on-and-off since 2019, and more recently has begun to lay the groundwork in earnest. —

Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 5 Dec. 2024 The 52-year-old is president and CEO of the America First Policy Institute, a group helping to lay the groundwork for a second Trump administration. —

Bill Barrow, arkansasonline.com, 24 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for lay the groundwork/foundation

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