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fundamentally

[fuhn-duh-men-tl-ee] / ˌfʌn dəˈmɛn tl i /
ADVERB
basically
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“InnerPlant is definitely one of those disruptive technologies that I fundamentally believe will transform the industry over time.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

"They are characters that you have to empathise with and understand. And fundamentally my job is empathy," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Although biological brains and AI models operate in fundamentally different ways, both can use patterns in language to anticipate future information.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

“Netflix has fundamentally changed the way stories are made, shared and experienced around the world,” Rice said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

The intuition underlying moral-uplift strategies is fundamentally sound: our communities will never thrive if we fail to respect ourselves and one another.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander


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