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bedrock

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


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Using this technique, Perseverance has studied more than 185 bedrock targets across the Margin Unit.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

What galls me is the failure to identify one of the — certainly not the only — bedrock reasons some people go through life with little or no money: mismanagement.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026

Ultimately, many of the decisions and investments that would deepen the relationship are in the hands of the private sector, which may question whether a geographically far-off partner can really become an economic bedrock.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

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

Phineas is the foreman of a track construction gang that is in the process of blasting a railroad right-of-way through granite bedrock near the small town of Cavendish, Vermont.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman




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