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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Carney said that to fundamentally change the agreement the White House would have to go to Congress, adding that the White House doesn’t want to do that.
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Rob Gillies, Fortune, 13 June 2026
The red planet is still the goal, but the bank account required to get there has fundamentally changed.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 12 June 2026
While proceeds from the public offerings and Berkshire’s placement will directly fund heavy capital expenditures to scale global AI infrastructure, the ATM program is fundamentally administrative.
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One thing that has shifted since Sendak’s heyday, however, is our baseline of assumptions about how much kids are reading, or how well or how happily, or to what extent the culture that surrounds them is fundamentally hostile to reading.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 12 June 2026
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Rob Gillies, Fortune, 13 June 2026
The red planet is still the goal, but the bank account required to get there has fundamentally changed.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 12 June 2026
While proceeds from the public offerings and Berkshire’s placement will directly fund heavy capital expenditures to scale global AI infrastructure, the ATM program is fundamentally administrative.
—Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 12 June 2026
One thing that has shifted since Sendak’s heyday, however, is our baseline of assumptions about how much kids are reading, or how well or how happily, or to what extent the culture that surrounds them is fundamentally hostile to reading.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 12 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fundamentally
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Both Main and Letterman were essentially ambassadors for each other.—
Chris Hoffman,
CBS News,
17 June 2026
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The dealer’s name is now so toxic that any object he is known to have handled is essentially untouchable.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
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Best Petite Work Pants on Amazon Not to be overly dramatic, but dressing up for the office is basically my nightmare.—
Jamie Allison Sanders,
PEOPLE,
18 June 2026
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But the directors and actors are basically have solved the major problem, which is that AI, in essence, doesn’t count against them.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
17 June 2026
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But Cox’s interactions were inherently provocative.—
Ben Taub,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
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Since one bird can see another without being seen in return, the interaction is inherently nonreciprocal.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
14 June 2026
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