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bedrock

[bed-rok] / ˈbɛdˌrɒk /
NOUN
basis
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Antonyms
STRONG


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Gregg, Mandery writes, “created the bedrock principles of modern death penalty jurisprudence: that a non-arbitrary death penalty satisfies the Constitution and that the requirement of non-arbitrariness could be satisfied by Georgia’s approach.”

From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026

The “Low Beta Anomaly” was first discovered in the 1970s and contradicted a bedrock stock-pricing model.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

His voice echoed in the damp tunnel where the spent nuclear fuel will be buried in holes drilled into the bedrock, where it will remain harmfully radioactive for thousands of years.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

Declan Rice and Elliot Anderson will form the bedrock of England's midfield, but there was certainly a strong case for either Wharton or Gibbs-White to make the plane.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

Some stretches of road resembled a dry riverbed; other places were strewn with boulders or eroded down to rough bedrock.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French




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