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fundamentally

[fuhn-duh-men-tl-ee] / ˌfʌn dəˈmɛn tl i /
ADVERB
basically
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Twenty-nine percent want bolder policies; 15% favor a fundamentally new approach.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

In addition to increased documentation requirements and the rollback of administrative improvements, the way states and participants interact has been fundamentally altered by the passage of H.R.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

They’re also worried that its move of building data centers for major customers such as OpenAI will result in a fundamentally less profitable business model.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

“But then a feeling that the way that I was connecting through this kind of mediated platform was also fundamentally disrupting my sense of self.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

Robbie stared at the woman, the girl he had always known, thinking the change was entirely in himself, and was as fundamental, as fundamentally biological, as birth.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan