cornerstone
IPA: kˈɔrnɝstoʊn
noun
- A stone forming the base at the corner of a building.
- Such a stone used ceremonially, often inscribed with the architect's and owner's names, dates and other details.
- (figuratively) That which is prominent, fundamental, noteworthy, or central.
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Examples of "cornerstone" in Sentences
- The laying of the cornerstone was in May 1994.
- They are one of the cornerstones of mens footwear.
- Interpretation of the law is the cornerstone of our society.
- Crop rotation is the cornerstone pest control in the tropics.
- "She was known as the cornerstone of the unit," Collins said.
- The principle of actualism is the cornerstone of paleoecology.
- The cornerstone of the male partner evaluation is the history.
- The original cornerstone was placed with George Washington's trowel.
- The magazine is the cornerstone for influential women of the two Laredos.
- The studio became the cornerstone for professionals in the following years.
- The cornerstone is to have a MAJORITY of honest cops, first, or it won't work.
- On the reverse side is the cornerstone of a previous location of the cathedral.
- And that less visibility basically is sort of the right sort of the, what I call the cornerstone of [which drove the] guidance.
- When a bull market returns, the will to transform what some dub the cornerstone of Japan's capitalist system will surely evaporate.
- We should be fostering faith -- and any attempts to explain our beliefs without that core value as its cornerstone is doomed to fail.
- "Safeguarding the livelihood of the people should be the ruling party's long-term cornerstone," Mr. Bo said in a speech late last month.
- That's what prompted President Roosevelt to launch the Social Security system in 1935, to create what he called the cornerstone of a civilized society.
- America and its allies gear up for their big fight of the summer-to extend control over the southern province of Kandahar, which they call the cornerstone of the counterinsurgency campaign-the Taliban have been on a killing spree.
- For example, we are installing scrubbers on our coal-fired plant at Belledune, we have passed the Clean Water Act, we have produced a new energy policy, whose cornerstone is efficiency and conservation, and we have introduced the most progressive beverage container legislation in the country.
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