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fundamentally

[fuhn-duh-men-tl-ee] / ˌfʌn dəˈmɛn tl i /
ADVERB
basically
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The accounts themselves aren’t new, but what you can do with them fundamentally changed.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

He said he wanted to focus on fighting what he called "factually incorrect and entirely false, decades-old allegations concerning my personal life", describing the investigation as "fundamentally unfair".

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

More fundamentally, all the markets are looking ahead to tighter money, especially after another blowout jobs report this past Friday.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

They say the changes will fundamentally alter the outlook for residential mortgage growth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

What made it fundamentally different from the other housing units of Sing Sing was that its inmates did not, as a rule, leave the building; in fact, they barely left their cells.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover




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