rudimentary

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From its origins as a rudimentary headcount under colonial rule, India's census questionnaire has steadily expanded in scope, mirroring the state's changing priorities.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

“I went to see how these little stores in New York got their supplies, and I really thought it was very rudimentary and not very efficient,” he said during the talk in 2011.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Until high school, I didn’t speak a lick of any language other than English — save for some rudimentary Spanish counting and what little of Spanish and French that kids pick up through the media.

From Salon • Jan. 18, 2026

Cowork’s launch demos were rudimentary, but it isn’t hard to see where these things could go, replacing software functions and making some of them obsolete.

From Barron's • Jan. 14, 2026

In her last months she had succeeded in communicating with him in phrases of rudimentary Latin.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez