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as in basis
an immaterial thing upon which something else rests
your donations help provide the charity with a firm financial footing for its work
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as in position
the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement
you'll have to work hard to get a better footing in the company
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as in paying
to give what is owed for
I'll foot the bill for dinner
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Recent Examples of footing
Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 22 May 2026
With an enrollment of only 4,500, at the time, the Oklahoma college’s $1 billion-plus endowment (much of it courtesy of a single generous one wildcat oilman), should have put the school on solid footing financially.
—Matt Schifrin, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
ABC News, 11 May 2026
Texas taxpayers are footing the bill for thousands of corrections to Bluebonnet Learning.
—Lacey Beasley, CBS News, 8 May 2026
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Noun
That drone morphs into a sea shanty–like melody, as if the clouds have parted and the waters calmed, giving you a stable place to stand after having to constantly adjust your footing.
—Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 22 May 2026
With an enrollment of only 4,500, at the time, the Oklahoma college’s $1 billion-plus endowment (much of it courtesy of a single generous one wildcat oilman), should have put the school on solid footing financially.
—Matt Schifrin, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
Verb
The Cleveland Cavaliers are back on even footing in their second-round series after Donovan Mitchell's huge second half.
—ABC News, 11 May 2026
Texas taxpayers are footing the bill for thousands of corrections to Bluebonnet Learning.
—Lacey Beasley, CBS News, 8 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for footing
Noun
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The Twins then broke the stalemate in the 11th inning when Brooks Lee sent a bases-clearing double deep to right field, bringing home Ryan Kreidler, the automatic runner, as well as Luke Keaschall and Byron Buxton, who had singled and walked respectively, before Lee stepped to the plate.—
Betsy Helfand,
Twin Cities,
27 May 2026
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Mike Trout was walked, loading the bases for Grissom.—
Jeff Fletcher,
Oc Register,
27 May 2026
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Disneyland and Knott's Berry Farm, popular Southern California theme parks which are in areas adjacent to the evacuation sites, are open early Saturday but officials are monitoring the situation.—
Paris Barraza,
USA Today,
24 May 2026
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This is going to be a very intense situation.—
David W. Brown,
New Yorker,
24 May 2026
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This puts the content in a front-and-center position.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2026
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Berkshire almost never reveals who makes buy and sell decisions for individual stocks, but the rule of thumb had been Warren Buffett handled the larger positions, and one of the two (now one) portfolio managers were responsible for the smaller positions.—
Alex Crippen,
CNBC,
23 May 2026
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At current levels, investors are paying for durability and growth visibility.—
Liz Napolitano,
CNBC,
26 May 2026
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If shooters continue to win the war against their goaltending brethren, then the fungibility of NHL goaltenders will continue to increase, and teams will be more incentivized to avoid paying premium prices for goaltenders, both in terms of their compensation and on the trade market.—
Thomas Drance,
New York Times,
25 May 2026
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Domestic capabilities are the foundation American ingenuity was a genesis for AI, from the invention of the transistor to the development of the transformer, which enables large language models.—
Olivia White,
Time,
29 May 2026
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Freedom 250 has its own employees, but the foundation provides federal funds and the park service approves the events and reviews their budgets, according to the website.—
Jack Dolan,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2026
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Prosecutors charged Pineda-Ticas with murder, but that count was dropped as part of the plea deal, court records show.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
28 May 2026
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Twice, Liverpool shattered their transfer record last summer with the £100million purchase of Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen, potentially rising to £116m with add-ons, followed by the £125m deal for Alexander Isak from Newcastle United after an acrimonious summer-long saga.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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Tier One, Tier Two and Tier Three can be divided into elite clubs, those from the level just below and the wealthy middle-class, respectively.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
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Addressing this issue at the state level would be extremely impactful for our county.—
Mercury News Editorial Board,
Mercury News,
27 May 2026
Verb
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There is perhaps no other athletic footwear brand who’s cracked the code of balancing retro design with new innovation like New Balance has.—
Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
24 May 2026
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Account executives act as the primary point of contact between a business and its clients, balancing customer relationship management with sales and business development responsibilities.—
ByBryan Robinson,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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“Footing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/footing. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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