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At its core, LaTeX puts things in boxes and then puts the boxes on a page. So these commands are central.
There are many packages on CTAN that are useful for manipulating boxes. One useful adjunct to the commands here is adjustbox.
adjustbox
\mbox
\makebox
\fbox
\framebox
\parbox
\raisebox
\sbox
\savebox
lrbox
\usebox