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Recent Examples of fundament What’s the fundament of it all? Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Nov. 2022 This feeling was a fundament of poetry. Anna Holmes, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2022 That treatment didn’t reach any of the fundament of what was going on. David Milch, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2022 The fundament of banking is to borrow money offering low risk to the lender and some payment for their deposit as an incentive and then lend that money out at a higher risk to capture a profit. Clem Chambers, Forbes, 18 July 2022 Concentrate on the fundaments of California cuisine: salads, pastas, heartier meats. Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2019 But if poetry is the fundament of the Oulipo, prose has brought it its greatest triumphs, a fact that is reflected in this anthology only somewhat. Luc Sante, Harper's magazine, 10 Jan. 2019 He is particularly concerned about Trump’s attack on institutions that are fundaments of democracy, like a free press, an independent judiciary, the legitimacy of elections, and the importance of honesty. Annie Linskey, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Apr. 2018 For me, there is a lot of personal emotion in the record that is deep down to the core, but also the true fundaments of being in the studio. Taylor Weatherby, Billboard, 5 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fundament
Noun
  • And pay attention to how your seat movements affect others.
    Rebecca Deurlein, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
  • The shop has been designed to look like a luxury cabin, complete with airline seats, a check-in desk and displays that look like serving trays in a Pan Am shade of light blue.
    Samantha Conti, WWD, 24 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Dry eye disease is a condition that can disrupt your daily life with symptoms like stinging, burning, redness or even tears that roll down your cheeks.
    Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk On the Go Set Join the ranks of Meghan Markle, Amal Clooney, Emma Stone and other celebs who have worn this brand by snagging this travel set for the eyes, lips and cheeks.
    Shalwah Evans, People.com, 28 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Bruce Bennett / Getty Images Conversation Starters: The long tail of a heated U.S.-Canada rivalry More best-on-best international hockey, please.
    Alex Kirshner, The Athletic, 23 Feb. 2025
  • The long, bony tail—a vestige of its dinosaurian past—contrasts sharply with the modern short tail of Baminornis zhenghensis, prompting the aforementioned reevaluation of its place on the evolutionary tree.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • This was all done with a bum wrist, which posed as an inconvenience to him at times.
    Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2024
  • Tommy, left to prosecute the case against Rusty, has inherited a bum gig.
    Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 26 July 2024
Noun
  • The ruffled rumps of Colleen Allen Colleen Allen fall 2025 Photo: Annie Powers / Courtesy of Colleen Allen Colleen Allen fall 2025 Photo: Annie Powers / Courtesy of Colleen Allen In terms of memorability, the fresh-on-the-scene designer’s NYFW presentation rivaled household names.
    Kelsey Stiegman, Vogue, 12 Feb. 2025
  • That plan would allow Israel to formally annex much of the West Bank and reject the return of Palestinian refugees, in exchange for regional investment and promises of a rump Palestinian state that would be demilitarized and lack sovereignty in any meaningful sense.
    Raja Khalidi, Foreign Affairs, 20 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • He's been busting his behind, making plays for us. . . .
    Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
  • When Yellowstone left off, Rip (Cole Hauser) was preparing to lead the cowboys to Texas and leave Beth (Kelly Reilly) behind, but viewers won't be surprised to find out that their separation doesn't last long.
    Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • If the bottom falls out of, say, the Chinese real-estate market—among the largest asset classes in the world—the entire global economy could totter.
    Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
  • There's a Lawrenceville location, too. ☕️ Pro tip: Sip slowly to avoid a mouthful of finely ground sludge at the bottom of the cup.
    Ryan Deto, Axios, 24 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • And then there was the rising popularity in the twenty-tens of Brazilian butt lifts, signalling the hastening shift of America’s erotic focus from the bosom to the posterior.
    Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 25 Jan. 2025
  • Use the angle of his posterior to approximate what his pelvis is doing and there’s obviously a difference in the underlying mechanics pre- and post-surgery.
    Eno Sarris, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024

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“Fundament.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fundament. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

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