How to Use foundational in a Sentence

foundational

adjective
  • But the hierarchy is foundational to the way the Senate works.
    David Sivak, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 29 Nov. 2024
  • Once all the foundational aspects were in place, the Boys could furnish the cloffice with their personal touches.
    Megan Johnson, Architectural Digest, 2 Dec. 2024
  • This piece of custom artwork beautifully commemorates a place and day that's foundational to your relationship.
    Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 6 Dec. 2024
  • This proved a foundational case on both sides of the Atlantic.
    WIRED, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Nothing is more foundational in a wardrobe than a go-to pair of denim.
    Laura Jackson, Vogue, 24 Feb. 2023
  • That first pilot, the way Ben packed in all of these starters that drive us throughout the season, is so foundational.
    Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Nov. 2024
  • And once the Magic finds the right fits around foundational wings, a playoff berth won’t be far behind.
    Jimmy Watkins, cleveland, 12 July 2023
  • Raclette cheese is the foundational substance of Crans.
    Devin Friedman, Travel + Leisure, 11 Nov. 2023
  • Don’t forget your feet (arguably the most foundational part of your body).
    Malia Griggs, SELF, 14 Feb. 2023
  • It was revamped in 1965 by a new owner and became foundational to the craft beer movement.
    Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 July 2023
  • These foods, native to the Northeast, are foundational to the Mashpee Wampanoag, the family’s tribe.
    Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Gore, one of those foundational pieces, allowed five runs and didn’t make it out of the fourth, but the 25-year-old left-hander is keenly aware of the team in transition.
    Spencer Nusbaum, Washington Post, 7 July 2024
  • Her self-deception is the foundational falsehood in the maelstrom of lies and misdeeds that spews forth over more than 300 pages.
    Vanessa Armstrong, The Atlantic, 17 June 2024
  • While the artistic mediums differ, the foundational themes couldn’t be more aligned.
    Cierra Black, Essence, 18 Aug. 2023
  • An even more foundational fix is also needed: Teaching how to think, not what to think.
    WSJ, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Yes, foundational, as in the kind of piece that seemingly ever team in baseball has.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 13 May 2024
  • As half of the foundational production duo The Neptunes, Williams has set the backdrop for some of music's greatest hits.
    Rishikesh Rajagopalan, CBS News, 6 June 2024
  • This idea was foundational to the Nazi notion of racial purity.
    Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2024
  • Make an effort to set aside the wider world to manage any internal issues while the Moon moves through your foundational 4th house.
    Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 15 June 2024
  • The goal with that spirit is to honor the college’s past and high standards of leadership that are foundational to the college, which has been around for over 150 years.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Craig Wright has long claimed to have been the author of a 2008 white paper, the foundational text of bitcoin, published under the pseudonym.
    Reuters, CNN, 15 Mar. 2024
  • The Supreme Court is about to reconsider Section 230, a law that’s been foundational to the internet for decades.
    Adi Robertson, The Verge, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Her goal is to focus on the long term: providing foundational knowledge at the youth level.
    Kat Cornetta, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Sep. 2023
  • To name something—to separate it from the rest of existence and bestow a label on it—is a foundational act.
    Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 6 May 2024
  • This cycle is, after all, the foundational principle of the faith.
    Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 30 June 2024
  • There was no foundational trade on the horizon, the ripples from the Damian Lillard-Jrue Holiday trade shaking up the league around them.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Schwartz shared that most people struggle with the same foundational issues when writing a show.
    Jaden Thompson, Variety, 20 July 2023
  • Even at a basic level, Hynes says, stacking up the pieces can teach foundational spatial skills.
    Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Nov. 2022
  • The land of Israel is central to the religion, the foundational narrative of which is about returning from slavery to the Promised Land.
    Marc Tracy, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2024
  • To take one step past foundational frameworks, data teams must know how to embed privacy and compliance considerations into everyday operations.
    Annie Phan, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'foundational.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: