bedrock
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The repository was built into the bedrock of the World Trade Center site and can only be accessed by medical examiner staff.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
It was sparked by the partial collapse of a glacier and some of its bedrock.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
As government rates are the bedrock of capital costs throughout economies, the effects are far-reaching.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
According to him, America would have burst into flames and melted into the bedrock mantle if he hadn’t come to town.
From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2026
Lawrence would provide the instrumentation and nurture the new sources of money and patronage needed to make it ever more powerful; Oppenheimer would provide the intellectual bedrock on which Lawrences machinery would stand.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Vocabulary lists containing bedrock
Physical Geography - Introductory
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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