bedrock

Example Sentences

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Europe’s relationship with the U.S. has been the bedrock of the Continent’s postwar prosperity.

From The Wall Street Journal

There were 58 singles in his innings as he rotated the strike at will, finding the gaps, manipulating the field - this isn't the exciting stuff but it is bedrock of what makes Root great.

From BBC

Cyrus embedded the idea that freedom of belief and protection of minorities are the bedrock of just societies.

From Salon

Analysts say the stability of those market bedrocks—as well as the institutions that oversee them—could dictate gold’s path forward.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Put another way, PE multiples are shorthand measures of investor confidence in future earnings power, built on a bedrock of predictably supportive government policy.”

From Barron's