fundamental
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"But it's important to begin at the earliest stages of embryonic development. Our careful attention to that early time point allowed us to find this fundamental split in brain development."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026
Instead of tinkering with these interventions, which are likely to create further problems and another layer of interventions, we should deal with the fundamental problem.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
The charity Bus Users UK described supported bus services as "fundamental to social inclusion" and "a lifeline, not a choice" for many.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Károlyházy's model is based on the idea that nature may impose a fundamental limit on how precisely we can determine the position of an object or measure a distance.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026
Zero conflicted with the fundamental philosophical beliefs of the West, for contained within zero are two ideas that were poisonous to Western doctrine.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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Vocabulary lists containing fundamental
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
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Vocabulary from "Community is the 'killer app' missing from virtual reality" by Dmitri Williams
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Mahatma Gandhi's "Quit India" Speech
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