as in seat
the part of the body upon which someone sits
a naked fundament was clearly visible for an instant in the movie
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Recent Examples of fundament
Here’s an interesting resource from Selmer Bringsjord and Konstantine Arkoudas at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, NY, talking in 2007 about the fundament of AI research.
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John Werner, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Such a coup for the Kremlin would deal a devastating blow to the fundaments of nuclear deterrence and the taboo against using nuclear weapons.
—Andrew F. Krepinevich, Foreign Affairs, 22 Nov. 2022
What’s the fundament of it all?
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Nov. 2022
That treatment didn’t reach any of the fundament of what was going on.
—David Milch, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2022
The fundament of banking is to borrow money offering low risk to the lender and some payment for their deposit as an incentive and then lend that money out at a higher risk to capture a profit.
—Clem Chambers, Forbes, 18 July 2022
This feeling was a fundament of poetry.
—Anna Holmes, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2022
Concentrate on the fundaments of California cuisine: salads, pastas, heartier meats.
—Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2019
John Werner, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Such a coup for the Kremlin would deal a devastating blow to the fundaments of nuclear deterrence and the taboo against using nuclear weapons.
—Andrew F. Krepinevich, Foreign Affairs, 22 Nov. 2022
What’s the fundament of it all?
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Nov. 2022
That treatment didn’t reach any of the fundament of what was going on.
—David Milch, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2022
The fundament of banking is to borrow money offering low risk to the lender and some payment for their deposit as an incentive and then lend that money out at a higher risk to capture a profit.
—Clem Chambers, Forbes, 18 July 2022
This feeling was a fundament of poetry.
—Anna Holmes, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2022
Concentrate on the fundaments of California cuisine: salads, pastas, heartier meats.
—Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fundament
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Republicans hold a strong majority in both chambers of the General Assembly, holding 29 out of 35 seats in the Senate and 81 of 100 seats in the House.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Sep. 2025
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Heated seats also are standard on the ’25 model.—
Mark Phelan,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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And best of all is the way its cocktail of growth factors, peptides, collagen amino acids, and wild yam extract comes together to bring baby cheeks–levels of plumpness to your skin.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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Her glam consisted of loose waves, subtle smoky eyeshadow and peachy tones on her cheeks and lips.—
Laney Crawley,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025
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There are peacocks everywhere on this island, hundreds of them, maybe thousands, towing their long blue and green tails behind them.—
Sara Stridsberg
September 15,
Literary Hub,
15 Sep. 2025
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Comets are among the most captivating wanderers of the solar system — icy relics from its earliest days that blaze across the sky with glowing tails and mysterious origins.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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When law enforcement showed up, Davis asked to have his hands cuffed in front of him, so as not to aggravate his bum shoulder.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
16 Sep. 2025
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Celebratory backslaps, encouraging bum-pats and the fall of opposition wickets celebrated en masse are often an indication of a team’s togetherness.—
James Wallace,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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An old ram has a bony, sloping rump; a healthy young ram has a more muscular, rounded rump.—
Tim Kelly,
Outdoor Life,
4 Sep. 2025
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His skin was taut with strength; his rump came right off his back like his father’s.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Aug. 2025
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According to the San Diego Police Department, two female joggers were grabbed on the behind by another jogger — one at the end of June in the Mount Soledad area and one in late July in the Pacific Beach area.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Sep. 2025
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With Buehler off the roster, the Red Sox are left kicking themselves in the behind for the decision.—
Zach Pressnell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Aug. 2025
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Fine arts at the bottom seems to have some rationale to it.—
Erik Sherman,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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The list of list surveyed is, as ever, at the bottom.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Sep. 2025
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Those who just want to dangle their legs and keep their posteriors affixed for the entire run, though, can still see through the clear water, especially when migrating over to pockets of shade from the trees lining either bank.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
31 May 2025
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Lacking muscle One possibility here is that wnt signaling is widely active in the posterior of the embryo at this point, blocking formation of anterior structures.—
John Timmer,
ArsTechnica,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Fundament.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fundament. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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