fundamental
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In that case, the court upheld the IRS’s decision to strip Bob Jones University of its tax-exempt status, determining that its ban on interracial dating violated fundamental public policy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026
She added that the firm never used AI "to misrepresent the fundamental features of a property".
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
One of the most significant findings is that the new system can, in principle, carry out all the fundamental operations needed for arbitrary quantum computations.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026
With AI, technology has gone from a staff or executive level issue to something that is deeply intertwined with the board’s most fundamental discussions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
Matter, as far as Descartes was concerned, had only one fundamental characteristic, that it occupied space; it followed that there could be no vacuum, as this would be space with nothing occupying it.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing fundamental
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
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Mahatma Gandhi's "Quit India" Speech
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