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rudimentary

[roo-duh-men-tuh-ree, -tree] / ˌru dəˈmɛn tə ri, -tri /


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Rudimentary provisions like these allowed the stores to remain open as “essential” businesses during the coronavirus shutdowns.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 29, 2020

Rudimentary anaesthesia, first used in Britain in 1846, actually increased mortality rates for some years; surgeons performed ever-bolder operations, with no way to control infection.

From Nature • Oct. 3, 2017

Rudimentary and unfulfilled, “Shout Sister Shout!” should ditch the book and tell Sister Rosetta Tharpe’s story purely through the music.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2017

Rudimentary adherence to the truth and respect for openness matter.

From Washington Post • May 16, 2016

Rudimentary forms of it occur here and there, but most of them are not exempt from the suspicion of a Roman origin.

From Ancient Law Its Connection to the History of Early Society by Maine, Henry Sumner, Sir




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