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fundamentally

[fuhn-duh-men-tl-ee] / ˌfʌn dəˈmɛn tl i /
ADVERB
basically
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The household with $20,000 saved when a layoff hits is in a fundamentally different position than the household with $2,000.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

A solicitor representing Murphy said the case against her "was weak and fundamentally flawed," adding she "should never have been prosecuted".

From BBC • May 14, 2026

Even more fundamentally, Jay pointed out that the attorney general’s theory would invalidate Florida’s adoption laws.

From Slate • May 13, 2026

The companies that survive this transition would be fundamentally different.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

He and his followers were not fundamentally experimentalists.'

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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