Foundation and Position

Foundation

Foundation noun - A public organization with a particular purpose or function.

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Position and foundation are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Position" instead a noun "Foundation".

Nearby Words: founder, founded, founding, foundationer

Position noun - An assignment at which one regularly works for pay.

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Foundation and position are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Foundation" instead a noun "Position".

good	good foundation	good position
better	better foundation	better position
similar	similar foundation	similar position
stable	stable foundation	stable position
Other adjectives: original, proper, strong, powerful, actual, real, new, permanent.

Tom obeys despite being visibly terrified, laying the foundation for his position as the series' Butt Monkey.

Source: Establishing Character Moment / Live-Action TV
A second example is the position of Mayor of Terminus, which was still used for the top position in the Foundation government even after the Foundation had grown from the single city on Terminus to roughly half the Galaxy.

Source: Artifact Title / Literature
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing had Duke Dermail attempt to make Relena Peacecraft into one of these when he gave the the title "Queen of the World", but she went and turned that into a truly authoritative position and ended up reforming the Rommefeller Foundation into a benevolent pacifistic state.

Source: Puppet King

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