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Meaning of "laid the cornerstone"

laid the cornerstone: This phrase metaphorically refers to establishing or creating the fundamental basis or foundation for something significant or substantial. It implies the critical first step in initiating a project, idea, or development

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laid the cornerstone
Within a year he laid the cornerstone of his cathedral.
Canada and the European Union have laid the cornerstone.
Kit laid the cornerstone for the building.
I was there when they laid the cornerstone.
Hitler laid the cornerstone for a new Volkswagen plant in the Fallersleben district of Wolfsburg.
And who is He that laid the cornerstone upon it?
He laid the cornerstone of the project during a ceremony in Duhok province in December 2013.
Colonel By laid the cornerstone.
The President of the Board of Trustees, David Leslie, laid the cornerstone of the hall.
The Declaration of Independence laid the cornerstone of government upon the first precepts of Christianity.
The first HoCs and RoverReps meeting ( 45 attendees from 17 countries ) laid the cornerstone of co-construction.
Then we would have laid the cornerstone for future victory.
Did you know that President Theodore Roosevelt laid the cornerstone in 1907?
The bishop laid the cornerstone at the event 's conclusion.
Henry Young, Governor of Tasmania, laid the cornerstone in that year.

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He also laid the cornerstone of St. Peter's Basilica.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas laid the cornerstone for the building in 2011.
Or who laid the cornerstone thereof? ”.
In 1910, the genial tinkerer Kaspar Winkler laid the cornerstone for the firm.
Last year, he laid the cornerstone for the memorial.
When Pope John Paull II visited Albania in 1993, he laid the cornerstone for the church.
Brigham Young laid the cornerstone on April 6 of that same year.
Among them are, * Pope Joseph II, laid the cornerstone of the church hall.
In July, Crivella laid the cornerstone of a long-awaited Holocaust memorial in Rio.
During 1883, he visited the town and laid the cornerstone of the Dutch Reformed Church.
Washington laid the cornerstone for the Capitol building in 1793.
President Theodore Roosevelt laid the cornerstone on July 1 of the same year.
Pershing also laid the cornerstone of the World War Memorial in Indianapolis on July 4, 1927.
On that trip Meir and Kenyatta laid the cornerstone for the Israeli Embassy in Nairobi.
Who hath laid the cornerstone thereof? ”.
President Herbert Hoover laid the cornerstone in February 1933.
In 2003, Queen Sonja laid the cornerstone of Tautra Abbey, a new Cistercian nunnery on the island.
Professor Bernd Schwien laid the cornerstone for the success of the C-Leg.
A year later, Schiff laid the cornerstone of the plant in Enschede.
In 1988, Rabbi Schneersohn laid the cornerstone for an ongoing renovation project.
In 1864 Bishop Clement Smyth laid the cornerstone for the present church.

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