as in essentially
at the most basic level
All people are fundamentally the same. I disagree with some of her points, but fundamentally she's right. His plan is fundamentally different.
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Recent Examples of fundamentally
Nothing fundamentally improved for the company since Jackson bought shares of Opendoor in July.
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Annie Palmer, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
The incident fundamentally changed him.
—Jolene Almendarez, Cincinnati Enquirer, 12 Sep. 2025
In an interview with Variety, Harmon said Angel is fundamentally different from other studios and streaming providers.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 11 Sep. 2025
This statement fundamentally misrepresents how research is done.
—Brendan Harley, Twin Cities, 11 Sep. 2025
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Annie Palmer, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
The incident fundamentally changed him.
—Jolene Almendarez, Cincinnati Enquirer, 12 Sep. 2025
In an interview with Variety, Harmon said Angel is fundamentally different from other studios and streaming providers.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 11 Sep. 2025
This statement fundamentally misrepresents how research is done.
—Brendan Harley, Twin Cities, 11 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fundamentally
Adverb
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Hours later, Utah officials confirmed Kirk had died, meaning that everyone who watched the video had essentially just viewed a snuff film.—
Rebecca Jennings,
Vulture,
11 Sep. 2025
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Observing it again would essentially require a blind search.—
Nola Taylor Tillman,
Space.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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The overlap in the Venn diagram of the beliefs of Mormons (especially the reality-TV variety) and the traditional values The Bachelor has long espoused is basically a circle.—
Olivia Crandall,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2025
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That’s another bit of positive news for consumer prices since basically all food, clothing and other consumer goods are transported from factories to market via ships, planes, trucks, and trains which run some variant of Diesel fuel.—
David Blackmon,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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More risk The index is also tracking companies with inherently more risk given their preference for the largest cap companies, which tend to skew toward big tech.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025
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Students see the subject itself as inherently forbidding because of its abstract nature.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
10 Sep. 2025
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