as in basic
of or relating to the simplest facts or theories of a subject
the purpose of the course is to furnish students with fundamental knowledge of human reproduction
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as in axiom
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as in essence
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Recent Examples of fundamental
John Towfighi, CNN Money, 23 July 2025
Sent to the minors to work on his offensive approach and defensive fundamentals, Alvarez returned looking more like the confident player who hit 25 home runs as a rookie while excelling behind the dish in 2023.
—Tim Britton, New York Times, 22 July 2025
Sam Blum, New York Times, 29 July 2025
The first antimatter qubit will help search for differences between matter and antimatter
Physicists have created a quantum bit, or qubit, the fundamental storage unit of a quantum computer, out of antimatter for the first time.
—Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 28 July 2025
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Adjective
The ferocity of the market’s recovery has raised questions about whether it is supported by fundamentals — or if underlying weakness could arise.
—John Towfighi, CNN Money, 23 July 2025
Sent to the minors to work on his offensive approach and defensive fundamentals, Alvarez returned looking more like the confident player who hit 25 home runs as a rookie while excelling behind the dish in 2023.
—Tim Britton, New York Times, 22 July 2025
Noun
Perhaps the hot streak is masking some of the fundamental flaws of this roster.
—Sam Blum, New York Times, 29 July 2025
The first antimatter qubit will help search for differences between matter and antimatter
Physicists have created a quantum bit, or qubit, the fundamental storage unit of a quantum computer, out of antimatter for the first time.
—Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 28 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fundamental
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Superintendents like Gearing have decried the state for not increasing its basic allotment — the base level building block for the school finance system — since 2019.—
Keri Heath,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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But in the brave new world of agentic AI, such basic checks won’t be enough to catch AI agents wandering around the internet to do tasks on their owners’ behalf.—
Alex Knapp,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
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To prove those true statements, mathematicians would have to add a new axiom.—
Gregory Barber,
Quanta Magazine,
20 June 2025
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In his first inaugural address in 1933, former President Franklin D. Roosevelt laid out a political axiom that would come to shrewdly diagnose America's thorny brand of insularity.—
Clare Morell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 May 2025
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With continuation funds, asset managers in essence are using new investors’ money to pay off old ones.—
Hank Tucker,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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The miscommunication that Scorsese’s blurb refers to as the essence of our crise is the product of both political tragedy and B-movie sensationalism.—
Armond White,
National Review,
23 July 2025
Adjective
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Few technologies, and certainly few so rudimentary in design and execution, have done more for the betterment of the world than shipping containers.—
Tony Morley,
National Review,
25 July 2025
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This is the most simple kind of AI agent that basically provides a rudimentary function.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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Keeping with that maxim, McNally begins with his suicide attempt in 2018 on the heels of a debilitating stroke.—
Sean Woods,
Rolling Stone,
24 May 2025
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Kennedy’s views of individual ingredients oscillate between commonsense dietary maxims and conspiratorial musings.—
Nicholas Florko,
The Atlantic,
23 June 2025
Noun
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More: Silver carp, harmful to fish and water, detected in western Wisconsin's Chippewa and Black rivers The group had done their homework on why these fish are problems.—
Madeline Heim,
jsonline.com,
24 July 2025
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Each subject line should feel like it was written specifically for one person dealing with a real problem today.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
Adjective
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In spring 2025, about two-thirds of elementary classroom rosters met the 1995 policy guidelines, and just 14% of MPS schools met the stretch goal under the facilities plan, the Journal Sentinel found.—
Rory Linnane,
jsonline.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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Although Vaughns takes on a nickname of the school, the middle school campus and its elementary counterpart were named after Milton Leonard Kirkpatrick, a Black Fort Worth educator who fought for equal education for Black students and equal pay for Black teachers.—
Lina Ruiz
August 1,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 Aug. 2025
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What if my neighbor doesn't follow Milwaukee's rules about weeds and grass?—
Quinn Clark,
jsonline.com,
25 July 2025
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Her charges, as a rule, have been greatly comforted in their final moments.—
Emily Temple,
Literary Hub,
24 July 2025
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“Fundamental.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fundamental. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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