fundament
noun
fun·da·ment
ˈfən-də-mənt 
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a naked fundament was clearly visible for an instant in the movie
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What’s the fundament of it all?
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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
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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
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fundament
noun
fun·da·ment
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