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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Recent Examples of fundamentally
Boarding is not fundamentally an emergency department problem.
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Letters To The Editor, Hartford Courant, 6 June 2026
Long-term monotony, however, can fundamentally restructure the microbial landscape.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026
Has anything fundamentally changed between the first example and the second?
—Ted Chiang, The Atlantic, 3 June 2026
What fascinates me about these campaigns is that most begin with a fundamentally understandable misunderstanding.
—John Shallman, Oc Register, 3 June 2026
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Letters To The Editor, Hartford Courant, 6 June 2026
Long-term monotony, however, can fundamentally restructure the microbial landscape.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026
Has anything fundamentally changed between the first example and the second?
—Ted Chiang, The Atlantic, 3 June 2026
What fascinates me about these campaigns is that most begin with a fundamentally understandable misunderstanding.
—John Shallman, Oc Register, 3 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fundamentally
Adverb
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But you'd be forgiven for rarely leaving the K2, as this ‘village-as-hotel’ is essentially a whole world unto itself.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 June 2026
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This isn't going to make or break your recipe, but essentially this mixture is very tender.—
Emily Elias,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
3 June 2026
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Alphabet , Amazon , Meta and Microsoft all started Thursday trading in the green while chipmaking behemoth Nvidia was basically flat.—
Tobias Burns,
CNBC,
4 June 2026
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That’s basically what this film is about in the end.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
4 June 2026
Adverb
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Instead, it was premised on a trendy new antitrust philosophy that reflexively views any corporate consolidation as inherently suspicious, regardless of any impacts on prices.—
Alexander Ciccone,
Oc Register,
8 June 2026
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Though Savage’s silence is shocking in the context of imagining these people all working together as children, blocking someone’s number is not an inherently violent action.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
8 June 2026
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