fundaments

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But in the spring and autumn, it changes much more quickly, giving these seasons a more ephemeral feel that isn’t just in your head but rooted in our world’s deepest fundaments.

From Scientific American • Sep. 22, 2023

Banks is at her least evasive in the introduction, where she argues that sociality is baked into the fundaments of life: “We may die alone but we were never born alone.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 27, 2023

It depends, to a degree, on learning the fundaments of dressing before pitching them.

From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2022

“We currently witness an attack on the very fundaments of democratic structures and institutions,” Peter Boyer, Germany’s coordinator for transatlantic affairs, told the New York Times.

From Washington Times • Jan. 12, 2021

Not only did l’Hôpital explain the fundaments of calculus in his textbook, he also included some exciting new results.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife