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Foundational

/faʊˈndeɪʃənəl/
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(adj) Of or relating to a foundation or foundations.

1789 was a foundational year for France.
Foundational language models are usually trained on large-scale scrapes of the internet.
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Learning basic arithmetic is a ____ skill that is necessary for studying more advanced mathematics.

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