rudiment
Example Sentences
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There are photographs of people in expanding cities, automobiles and lots of images featuring the rudiments of modern building: concrete, steel and glass.
From New York Times
Fair enough if you don’t want to chart the development of painterly style in 19th-century France, but even the rudiments of van Gogh are not easy to capture in photographic reproductions.
From New York Times
Just as impressive, he said, was Jessy’s mother, Clara, who worked intensively with her daughter on the rudiments of everyday life.
From Washington Post
All the other gains the United States has fought for over nearly 20 years in the country, including rights for women, a vibrant civil society and the rudiments of democracy, could also be lost.
From Washington Post
In all animals, including humans, rudiments and vestiges appear and disappear during development, and we hope that research will uncover whether these have a function in creatures other than ants.
From Nature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
