bedrocks

noun

plural of bedrock
1
as in foundations
an immaterial thing upon which something else rests my religious faith is the bedrock of my life

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as in depths
the lowest point or level knew that his acting career was at bedrock when all he could get were bit parts in campy horror movies

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Recent Examples of bedrocks The costs of health insurance are pushing small businesses — beloved by politicians and the bedrocks of entire communities — to a financial cliff. — Bob Herman, STAT, 7 July 2026 Hillary Rodham Clinton also reflect on the bedrocks of our democracy, including the Electoral College and the peaceful transfer of power. — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 24 June 2026 Nola and Realmuto, long bedrocks for the organization, are facing turmoil. — Matt Gelb, New York Times, 21 May 2026 One of the bedrocks of Bednar’s coaching philosophy is breaking the season into 10-game segments. — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 3 Apr. 2026 Better yet, those bedrocks are as plentiful as ever. — MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2025 The bedrocks of healthy behavior are your biggest assets for staying disease-free. — Matt Fuchs, Time, 24 Sep. 2025 Burnout prevention and psychological safety will become the bedrocks of resilience. — Maman Ibrahim, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025 Timing will be as important as capability, nimble forecasting as historical bedrocks. — Rick Burton, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
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  1. foundations
  2. depths
  3. cornerstones
  4. bases
Noun
  • Dropping two cylinders and losing almost three liters of displacement means there’s no option for shaking a garage on its foundations or setting off car alarms while waiting for a red light.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The fund launched with $27 million, including an initial $10 million donation from the Knight Foundation and support from Pivotal and the Ford, MacArthur, Robert Wood Johnson and Schmidt Family foundations.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of foundations
Noun
  • Built in 1926, near the end of what many consider the heyday of the American carousel, the Griffith Park merry-go-round began its life in San Diego and was relocated to Los Angeles in the depths of the Great Depression in 1937.
    — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026
  • One of Vicuña’s new paintings is Polvo del Sahara/ Saharan Desert Dust (2026), an underwater scene showing the light reflecting into the depths of the ocean, where a stone staircase leads to somewhere beyond the horizon.
    — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of depths
Noun
  • The theme of the evening was family and relationships, the cornerstones of the business for the last century.
    — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The goal on defense is to force more opponents to throw at two cornerstones who keep making plays on the ball.
    — Nate Atkins, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of cornerstones
Noun
  • Halpin watched the ball clear the wall in right-center then launched his bat over his head and into the sky before rounding the bases.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Brewers third baseman David Hamilton rounds the bases after hitting a home run in the ninth inning.
    — Greg Rosenstein, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2026
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“Bedrocks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bedrocks. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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