How to Use groundwork in a Sentence

groundwork

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  • 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
  • But the groundwork for the choice was laid far earlier.
    — CBS News, 26 Feb. 2022
  • For the third time, Shanahan laid the groundwork for his linemate to claim the spotlight.
    — Detroit Free Press, 26 June 2022
  • 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
  • But behind the scenes, the groundwork had been laid for a process that has continued for weeks.
    — Phil Mattingly, CNN, 11 Mar. 2022
  • 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
  • Legends like Fela and Sunny Adé have been laying the groundwork over the years.
    — Heran Mamo, Billboard, 18 Mar. 2022
  • The Global Times, tweeted that the move was an affront to Beijing and even lays the groundwork for war in Asia.
    — Charlie Campbell, Time, 5 May 2022
  • One of the big joys of Season 3 is the many payoffs from the storytelling groundwork laid by the writers in the first two years.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 9 June 2022
  • Bills starter running back James Cook, meanwhile, took care of the groundwork.
    — Colton Pouncy, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
  • 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
  • But pop punk has its roots in the 1970s when bands like Ramones, Buzzcocks and The Undertones laid the groundwork for a new scene and sound.
    — Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 2 Mar. 2022
  • Over the past year Pence has not-so-subtly laid the groundwork for a presidential run of his own.
    — Rick Klein, ABC News, 24 May 2022
  • 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
  • Still, West laid the groundwork for many of the more impressive portrayals on this list.
    — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 7 Mar. 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
  • He is widely considered to have helped lay the groundwork for Macron’s rise to power in 2017.
    — Sylvie Corbet, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Russia may be laying the groundwork for false-flag attacks in the Baltic Sea and against Russian opposition figures abroad to discredit Ukraine, a think tank has said.
    — Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
  • That innovative idea laid the groundwork for companies like Chipotle, Sweetgreen, and beyond.
    — Harvard Business Review, 29 Jan. 2025

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