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bedrock

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


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He said part of it is the “culture and values…that’s the bedrock of Berkshire.”

From Barron's • May 3, 2026

"GreenDrill really demonstrated that, if you can logistically pull it off, there is the technology available to drill down to the bedrock and there's an analytical toolkit to then analyze it," Briner says.

From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2026

“This failure to comply with the bedrock agreement among the seven Colorado River states is itself a serious development that Arizona will assess and will respond to accordingly in time,” it said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

Deterring an attack on the island has been a bedrock American policy for 75 years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

The Chicago men understood the challenge that this soil presented; the New York men, accustomed to bedrock, did not.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson




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