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Recent Examples of rudimentary Even with this rudimentary measurement system, this is pretty close to the power going into the Raspberry Pi. Rhett Allain, WIRED, 17 Jan. 2025 The most rudimentary method is something anyone with a computer can do at home: asking a chatbot to produce many responses to a single question. Lauren Leffer, Scientific American, 23 Jan. 2025 Macondo 0-1, as it is called, the rudimentary village of Macondo, was built at Garanchal Ranch, Venadillo, a 20-minute drive north go Alvardo, on the edge of the Magdalena River, Colombia’s longest, in Tolima. John Hopewell, Variety, 20 Jan. 2025 The museum displays the rudimentary equipment and clothing that alpinists once used and showcases their great achievements in conquering mountains here and abroad. Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for rudimentary 
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Adjective
  • Houde said these mammoth animals are a primitive group of proboscideans ('elephantoids') from which modern elephants evolved.
    Joseph J. Kolb, Fox News, 18 July 2017
  • Many are primitive and remote, and don’t have restrooms or water.
    OregonLive.com, OregonLive.com, 12 July 2017
Adjective
  • Doctors who have defected in recent years often speak of poor working conditions and shortages of everything from medicine to basic health care supplies.
    Edward Szekeres, CNN, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Each new hunt throws a curveball to keep things challenging while teaching you basic controls and combat skills.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 11 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Florida, long a leader in elementary reading, continued to do better than most states at fourth-grade reading, even as its scores dropped from 2022 and from the pre-pandemic high in 2017.
    Steven Walker, Orlando Sentinel, 29 Jan. 2025
  • Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools saw improvement in elementary math scores in 2024, but otherwise remained relatively stagnant, according to new data released Wednesday.
    Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 29 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The Heat will hold an introductory press conference for Wiggins, Mitchell and Kyle Anderson on Sunday at 9 a.m. at Kaseya Center ahead of their first practice with the team.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 9 Feb. 2025
  • Rather than injecting the regular introductory weekly dose, people are only taking half that amount or less.
    Beth Landman, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Her findings shifted scientific consensus toward accepting dark matter as a fundamental component of the universe, opening new realms in astronomy and physics.
    Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 11 Feb. 2025
  • But there’s another fundamental power that Congress as an institution has largely deferred to the executive without so much as a protest: the power to declare war.
    Daniel DePetris, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025

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“Rudimentary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rudimentary. Accessed 17 Feb. 2025.

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