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fundamentally

[fuhn-duh-men-tl-ee] / ˌfʌn dəˈmɛn tl i /
ADVERB
basically
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The whistleblower described the entire process as “secretive, rushed, chaotic, and fundamentally flawed.”

From Salon Sep. 3, 2026

In a fundamentally changed market environment, adapting the company to new realities is management’s core responsibility, and the credibility of that mandate will be judged closely by capital markets, it adds.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

"Collaboration through the alliance with the United States is fundamentally important to that."

From Barron's Sep. 3, 2026

Taken together, the two markers reveal a biological pattern that is fundamentally different from the one typically seen in a classic heart attack.

From Science Daily Sep. 2, 2026

First, there was a good deal of unfinished business between the two men, a clear recognition on both sides that they had come to fundamentally different conclusions about what the American Revolution meant.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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