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Groundbreaking   /grˈaʊndbrˌeɪkɪŋ/  /grˈaʊnbrˌeɪkɪŋ/   Listen
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groundbreaking  n.  The ceremonial breaking of the ground to formally begin a construction project. It is sometimes carried out by an official who digs the first spadeful of dirt from the ground, to begin the preparatory excavation work.
Synonyms: groundbreaking ceremony.






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"Groundbreaking" Quotes from Famous Books



... economies our partners in prosperity—which is why I ask Congress to finalize our groundbreaking African and ...
— Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present • Various

... make developing economies our partners in prosperity—which is why I ask Congress to finalize our groundbreaking African and Caribbean Basin ...
— Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present • Various

... 12 December 1945 and the more explicit directive of the Chief of Naval Operations on the same subject on 27 February 1946. Yet despite the close similarity, a reiteration was clearly necessary. As even the most ardent apologist for the navy's postwar racial policy would admit, these groundbreaking statements had not done the job, and, to satisfy the demands of the Fahy Committee and the Secretary of Defense, Secretary Matthews had to convince his subordinates that the demand for equal treatment and opportunity ...
— Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 • Morris J. MacGregor Jr.



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