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as in basis
an immaterial thing upon which something else rests
your donations help provide the charity with a firm financial footing for its work
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as in position
the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement
you'll have to work hard to get a better footing in the company
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as in paying
to give what is owed for
I'll foot the bill for dinner
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Recent Examples of footing
Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 23 Apr. 2026
Despite the bad market, recent grads are adjusting their expectations, finding their footing and landing jobs faster than the class before them, according to ZipRecruiter’s 2026 grad report.
—Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2026
Matt Young, Houston Chronicle, 8 Apr. 2026
There are a few decent sequences and charming performances from Barbara Harris and Bruce Dern, though Family Plot never quite finds its narrative footing due to a convoluted premise and off-balance structure.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Where to Stay Anyone seeking an adults-only retreat will easily find their footing in Guerneville.
—Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 23 Apr. 2026
Despite the bad market, recent grads are adjusting their expectations, finding their footing and landing jobs faster than the class before them, according to ZipRecruiter’s 2026 grad report.
—Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2026
Verb
Rockets owner Tilman Fertitta is footing the rest of the bill for what is being dubbed Toyota Center Reimagined.
—Matt Young, Houston Chronicle, 8 Apr. 2026
There are a few decent sequences and charming performances from Barbara Harris and Bruce Dern, though Family Plot never quite finds its narrative footing due to a convoluted premise and off-balance structure.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for footing
Noun
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Littell loaded the bases with one out in the fourth.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
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Rambus reported a first-quarter operating margin of 42%, on an adjusted basis, which was lower than the 46% reported in the year-ago period.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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This group has been in this situation before.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Chudzinski’s most stressful situation came in the bottom of the sixth inning with the Warriors clinging to a 3-2 lead.—
Steve Millar,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Jayson happened to be playing the same position as them.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2026
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Members of the National Guard took up position inside the building as people were allowed to leave but not reenter.—
Bridget Byrne,
Baltimore Sun,
26 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Talking about more than academics, Joyce said CLC’s project to build the Advanced Technology Center in Gurnee, teaching skills for well-paying jobs and a major expansion to the Waukegan campus have made a difference in helping to build the workforce.—
Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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Lawyers who represent Silicon Valley’s biggest AI firms are paying attention.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
27 Apr. 2026
Noun
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When your foundation feels steady, everything else begins to move forward with more ease.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
1 May 2026
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Life forms of increasing complexity filled the seas, providing the evolutionary foundations for nearly every phylum alive today.—
Marlowe Starling,
Quanta Magazine,
1 May 2026
Noun
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The company, which operates AMC, Shudder and BBC America, among other outlets,has no massive deal ready to unveil that will put it in cahoots with the NFL or Major League Baseball.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
30 Apr. 2026
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The project stems from Keshet Studios’ decade-long tenure at Universal Television under a string of first-look deals; the company is now developing projects for Sony Pictures Television under the first-look pact parent Keshet International recently signed there.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Cobb said that multiple District 1 residents, in the northwest quadrant of the city, became frustrated with Perkins’ level of communication with his constituents leading up to the March 2 City Council vote on the tax breaks.—
Ilana Arougheti
Updated April 28,
Kansas City Star,
28 Apr. 2026
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This transit is shedding light on surface-level power and the unseen social currents secretly dictating your life.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
28 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Driven by blunt ideology rather than the reality of balancing harms, Font and Putnam-Hornstein advance a flawed and damaging premise that child safety requires normalizing and regularizing family separation.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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While earlier balancing machines—like those inspired by Segway—relied purely on wheels, modern humanoids have leaned toward human-like limbs.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Footing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/footing. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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