How to Use groundwork in a Sentence

groundwork

noun

• The man who laid the groundwork for it all wasn’t around to see it.
  — Dallas News, 15 Dec. 2022
• These films, and Texas Chain Saw, laid the groundwork for the slasher boom to come.
  — Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Oct. 2024
• The quarterback sets the tone and lays the groundwork for that bond, even if others have a strong voice.
  — Marla Ridenour, USA TODAY, 6 July 2022
• The latter remains to be seen, but the groundwork to avoid the former was laid a long time ago on the Hilltop.
  — Dallas News, 1 Dec. 2022
• Pence allies have been laying the groundwork for him for months.
  — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 5 June 2023
• And the groundwork for the SnyderVerse siege had been laid well before 2020.
  — Tatiana Siegel, Rolling Stone, 19 July 2022
• The groundwork for several deals was laid at the market.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Nov. 2023
• The Lindsay Lohanaissance — or at least the groundwork laid for it — will be streamed.
  — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 11 Nov. 2022
• The groundwork was laid years ago for the changes along the stretch of West Markham Street, a locus of city government offices.
  — Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online, 8 Aug. 2023
• Without the groundwork going in, the crops do not appear.
  — Jodie Cook, Forbes, 19 July 2022
• In two minutes and 33 seconds, Lake torched her decades-long career and laid the groundwork for a new one.
  — Melanie Mason, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2022
• The project, researchers say, will lay the groundwork for future space travel.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Sep. 2022
• Now is the time to make the moves that can reduce your tax bill for 2022 and lay the groundwork for a financially smart new year.
  — Terry Savage, Orlando Sentinel, 28 Nov. 2022
• The first chapter lays the groundwork for the film’s narrative framework.
  — Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2024
• Aptos is already laying the groundwork for that to take shape.
  — Anne Sraders, Fortune, 10 July 2022
• The groundwork has been laid, but there is still a lot of cleanup and cross-platform integration to do.
  — Amy Spurling, Quartz, 22 Oct. 2022
• Every time we get contacted by a new client, I’m used to the stylists doing the groundwork of seeking out the brand.
  — Kyle Lamar Rice, Rolling Stone, 5 July 2023
• Kudla and his team aren’t new to London, and have been laying the groundwork for the new-concept flagship.
  — Samantha Conti, WWD, 31 Oct. 2024
• Beijing has spent years laying the groundwork for the rules that take effect Tuesday.
  — Time, 15 Aug. 2023
• The groundwork for what happened to Marvel in 2023 had been laid down for quite a while, in both its boardrooms and its writing rooms.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 Dec. 2023
• In a sign of things to come, Musk pulled out of that deal and started laying groundwork to buy the company outright.
  — Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 28 Oct. 2022
• Starting almost 50 years ago, Blades, who grew up in Panama, helped lay the groundwork.
  — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2023
• To date, the Moonshot has set priorities and laid the groundwork for a bigger push in the next budget year.
  — Russell Flannery, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022
• In the television era, the fairness doctrine laid that groundwork.
  — Jaron Lanier, WIRED, 13 Feb. 2024
• The panel has laid out the factual groundwork that shows Trump and some of his acolytes set the stage for and encouraged the riotous mob.
  — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 July 2022
• Shoigu's claim sparked fears that Russia might be laying the groundwork to use a nuclear weapon and blame Ukraine for it.
  — Ian Pannell, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2022
• There's even an argument that the show laid the groundwork for having a Black President of the United States.
  — Starr Rocque, Peoplemag, 21 Feb. 2023
• Lovullo seemed to be laying the groundwork for a potential quick hook.
  — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 28 Apr. 2023
• And primaries in Washington and Michigan laid the groundwork for a few of those contests.
  — Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2024
• The Department of Defense, which had resisted the upgrades for years due to the steep cost, began paying for them once the free trial ended, laying the groundwork for future Azure consumption.
  — Renee Dudley, ProPublica, 15 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 6 Dec 2024