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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a foundation stone" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used metaphorically to refer to a fundamental principle or element that supports a larger structure or concept.
Example: "Trust is a foundation stone of any successful relationship."
Alternatives: "cornerstone" or "bedrock principle."
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I needed a foundation stone for myself.
Respecting and loving one another is a foundation stone for our mission, he says.
Services for women and children's health are a foundation stone of modern societies around the world.
His early pact with Hitler was a foundation stone of the Shoah.
You've probably never heard of him, but Andrew Bailey is a foundation stone of British comedy.
It is a foundation stone of democracy in the United States.
Near the city of Renhuai, a foundation stone has already been laid for Maotai Airport, The Dongfang Daily has reported.
But Representative Steve King, Republican of Iowa, denounced the bill as "a foundation stone for socialized medicine".
Cervantes's novella The Conversation of the Dogs is a foundation stone in the making of the modern novel.
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In June the county, whose tyre, petrochemical and paper-making industries have made it much richer than Huimin, held a foundation-stone ceremony for its own Sun Tzu theme park.
The Patriot & Union's descendant, the Patriot-News, retracted those remarks on Thursday, in an editorial cast to echo the words and tone of a speech which became a foundation stone of American democracy.
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