bedrock
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The coal industry remains a bedrock of the Chinese economy, powering factories and homes.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026
Declan Rice and Elliot Anderson will form the bedrock of England's midfield, but there was certainly a strong case for either Wharton or Gibbs-White to make the plane.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
Their analysis showed that the ice rested across a broad, relatively flat section of bedrock known as an ice plain.
From Science Daily • May 19, 2026
Those gains have been the bedrock of the stock market rally.
From Barron's • May 8, 2026
The other side of the cave looked out over a waterfall cutting through the forest, with the rushing and crashing of the water tumbling over the bedrock.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
Vocabulary lists containing bedrock
Physical Geography - Introductory
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