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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The firm cited the fundamentally strong state of the U.S. economy and forecasted further market gains fueled by rate cuts and artificial intelligence.
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Dylan Butts, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2024
Sure, there’s new footage, but nothing fundamentally changes.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024
For so long we’ve been told that caring for kids and navigating the workplace are two fundamentally different things.
—Zara Hanawalt, Parents, 27 Nov. 2024
Before An Event Measuring prediction accuracy before an event occurs is fundamentally impossible.
—Andrey Sergeenkov, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
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Dylan Butts, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2024
Sure, there’s new footage, but nothing fundamentally changes.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024
For so long we’ve been told that caring for kids and navigating the workplace are two fundamentally different things.
—Zara Hanawalt, Parents, 27 Nov. 2024
Before An Event Measuring prediction accuracy before an event occurs is fundamentally impossible.
—Andrey Sergeenkov, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
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“Fundamentally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fundamentally. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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