fundamental

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The fundamental issue is the 50-50 power split does not really work with this engine architecture and the current size of battery.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Additionally, Goldman Sachs predicts that central bank demand will remain a fundamental pillar of support, averaging about 60 metric tons monthly, once price volatility dissipates.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026

They know that fundamental questions must be answered before we rush forward.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

But unless it resolves the deeper contradictions — unless it explains not just what is happening, but why it had to happen and how it will end — it will not change the fundamental dynamic.

From Salon • Apr. 1, 2026

Dante, unlike the philosophers, took his geography seriously, but no philosopher could have found his abandonment of the fundamental principle that the universe was made out of spheres entirely satisfactory.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton