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bedrock

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


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He said part of it is the “culture and values…that’s the bedrock of Berkshire.”

From Barron's • May 3, 2026

"GreenDrill really demonstrated that, if you can logistically pull it off, there is the technology available to drill down to the bedrock and there's an analytical toolkit to then analyze it," Briner says.

From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2026

The bedrock of a review is how the referee describes the incident to the VAR.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

The leftover carbon dioxide will be stored deep beneath the North Sea in sedimentary bedrock and will gradually mineralize over time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

The Chicago men understood the challenge that this soil presented; the New York men, accustomed to bedrock, did not.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson




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