bedrock
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As government rates are the bedrock of capital costs throughout economies, the effects are far-reaching.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
Downing Street said fiscal discipline is the "bedrock" of Britain's economic stability and national security.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Experts believe the flood was caused when part of a glacier and the bedrock underneath detached and plunged 4,000 feet into the valley below.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
According to him, America would have burst into flames and melted into the bedrock mantle if he hadn’t come to town.
From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2026
Maybe it’s because I’ve been emptied; or maybe it’s the body’s way of seeing to it that I remain alive, continue to repeat its bedrock prayer: I am, I am.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
Vocabulary lists containing bedrock
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