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bedrock

[bed-rok] / ˈbɛdˌrɒk /
NOUN
basis
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG


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Their partnership was the bedrock of Arteta's team, which conceded only 27 league goals.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

Satellite observations spanning recent decades reveal that other glaciers on Vega Island have also lost ice, exposing increasing amounts of the underlying bedrock.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026

Blasted into 1.9 billion-year-old stable bedrock in Eurajoki in southwestern Finland, the geological repository will house spent nuclear fuel in holes drilled into the bedrock, where it will remain harmfully radioactive for thousands of years.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

Wigglesworth: Because the bond market is the bedrock of the financial system.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

Two thousand feet below, slicing a deep crease through the surrounding bedrock, the Dudh Kosi appeared as a crooked strand of silver glinting from the shadows.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer


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