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the arrangement of parts that gives something its basic form you've got the framework of the story and just need to fill in the details

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Recent Examples of framework The report follows Amazon's announcement of a new agentic AI team, which will, among other things, focus on developing the AI framework for its robotics operations. Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 5 June 2025 The Senate is deliberating the GENIUS Act, which would provide a framework for regulating stablecoins. John Towfighi, CNN Money, 5 June 2025 There’s a lack of globally consistent legal frameworks, especially in areas like artificial intelligence (AI), data privacy, and sustainability. Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 5 June 2025 Then there is brute-forcing fingerprint recognition using a framework called BrutePrint. Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for framework
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Noun
  • Each block is meant to accommodate a building with ground-floor storefronts topped by either residential units or office space and each with its own parking structure.
    Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2025
  • The pair helped form OpenAI as a research lab in 2015, but Musk later had a public break with the project and has consistently criticized its structure and close alliance with Microsoft.
    Kate Rooney,Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 29 May 2025
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  • The painting of a colorful bouquet of assorted flowers is on the building of Schmidt Design Group, a landscape architecture and planning firm, at 1310 Rosecrans St. The completion of the mural was celebrated May 28 with a community reception.
    Madison Beveridge, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 June 2025
  • This dual-control architecture supports set-and-forget automation and real-time interaction, depending on the user's preference. 5.
    Rhiannon Frater, USA Today, 5 June 2025

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“Framework.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/framework. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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