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Discover LudwigThe phrase "as a foundational source" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to something that serves as a basic or essential reference point for further information or development.
Example: "The research paper cites several studies as a foundational source for its arguments on climate change."
Alternatives: "as a primary reference" or "as a key resource".
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It served as one of the most important avenues of transmission for Platonist ideas, and as a foundational source for the Scholastic movement and medieval science in general.
Therefore, the classical foundationalist's acquaintance or direct awareness cannot serve as a foundational source of knowledge or justified belief.
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Close loving relationships, which for most of us are a foundational source of meaning, have no standing in the Wallace fictional universe.
A foundational source for established perspectives on validity and reliability (and how they should be operationalized) is Educational Measurement.
The HAO is being developed as a foundational data source for all biologists referencing hymenopteran anatomy.
Its provenance continues to act as its foundational source of confidence.
The purpose of this study is to assess the relative merits of aspects labels or informal definitions of traditional nursing terminology systems as the foundational sources for target formal nursing terminology systems.
"I can teach the theory, but I just don't know how"—he flexed his fingers as he talked, showing off that foundational source of power—"to teach this". And there's that liminal relationship to the truth again.
Rather, I specifically sought the foundational source document used as the template for each school project called the "Facilities Master Plan," along with carefully detailed spreadsheets linked to it.
Iran's leaders celebrate the takeover every year as a foundational event of the Islamic revolution.
Lamar Miller will join DeAndre Hopkins as a foundational piece of the offense.
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