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bedrock

[bed-rok] / ˈbɛdˌrɒk /
NOUN
basis
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Antonyms
STRONG


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“Free speech is the bedrock of our democracy,” said Pease, who filed the most recent lawsuit on Hubbard’s behalf June 22 in San Diego County Superior Court.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2026

He was talking about raw milk, which, if you trust 150 years of bedrock science, offers little reason to consume.

From Salon • Jun. 22, 2026

Gregg, Mandery writes, “created the bedrock principles of modern death penalty jurisprudence: that a non-arbitrary death penalty satisfies the Constitution and that the requirement of non-arbitrariness could be satisfied by Georgia’s approach.”

From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026

Enveloping all of this is his bedrock conviction that all men are created equal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

She spread her arms and the earth bent towards her - trees tilting, bedrock groaning, soil rippling in waves.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan




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