Thesaurus results for SUBSTRATUM

substratum

noun

as in framework

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Recent Examples of substratum This has led to the fairly obvious conclusion that this substratum of Disney’s movie-making is nothing more than brand promotion and capital gain. —

Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 20 May 2025 This was a copy of Mikhail’s unpublished autobiography, Leila explained, the substratum to his monumental Histoire de Baalbek’s six editions. —

Youmna Melhem Chamieh, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025 If the substratum of the local and the vernacular is being erased in a metaphorical but also very literal sense by a voracious and extractive economic order, then the global subaltern’s rage must be given a voice and a place. —

Manuel Borja-Villel, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2024 The suffix -core comes from hard core, which at first (1841) referred to broken bricks or stones that formed the hard substratum of roads and foundations. —

Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Feb. 2022 Precisely, the Uygurs are descended from Northeast Asian Turks, who assimilated an Indo-European speaking substratum. —

Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 7 Sep. 2012

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The team says the approach marks a significant departure from conventional cyborg insect systems, creating a bio-hybrid framework that works alongside the insect’s natural responses rather than overriding them.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 30 May 2026
Through its inclusive framework, more than 145 jurisdictions have participated in negotiations over how to address the tax challenges of digitalization, including questions about where large multinational businesses should pay tax and how to limit tax competition.

— Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026