as in essentially
at the most basic level
All people are fundamentally the same. I disagree with some of her points, but fundamentally she's right. His plan is fundamentally different.
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What is deeply concerning is that the District Attorney is choosing to proceed on a case that is fundamentally unsound and cannot be proven at trial.
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ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
Even if gold stays flat, NEM is fundamentally oversold.
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But only a small number of substances can be said to have fundamentally revolutionized medicine.
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But running a political party is fundamentally different from running a corporation.
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ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
Even if gold stays flat, NEM is fundamentally oversold.
—Michael Khouw, CNBC, 2 Apr. 2026
But only a small number of substances can be said to have fundamentally revolutionized medicine.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
But running a political party is fundamentally different from running a corporation.
—Sam Mkokeli, semafor.com, 1 Apr. 2026
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Deed theft is essentially when someone steals a house, often forging the paperwork, and data obtained by CBS News New York shows a 240% increase in complaints to the New York Attorney General's Office from 2023 to 2025.—
Tim McNicholas,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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With Atkins having graduated early to get a jump on his football career at Miami of Ohio, Fecht is essentially replacing him now on the baseball team as well.—
Paul Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2026
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Georgia added 1,200 net jobs in January, basically flat from December, according to the report, the first glimpse at how the state labor market is performing this year.—
Amy Wenk,
AJC.com,
2 Apr. 2026
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Architects and other critics of the project had panned the staircase as too large and basically useless since there was no way to enter the ballroom at the top.—
Darlene Superville,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 2026
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Earlier thinkers, most famously Aristotle, had gone so far as to propose that eudaemonia was an inherently communal accomplishment, one that could only take root in the proper social and political context.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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Their movement is inherently tied to forward motion.—
Etiido Uko
March 30,
New Atlas,
30 Mar. 2026
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