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fundamentally

in essence; at bottom or by one's (or its) very nature

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Six example sentences with fundamentally, each labelled with its topic.

  • The two schools disagree about method, but fundamentally they are asking the same question about what a person owes others.

    Philosophy

  • The new tax looks technical, yet fundamentally it shifts who pays for the roads from drivers to everyone else.

    Economics

  • A virus and a bacterium look similar under a poor microscope, but fundamentally only one of them is alive.

    Science

  • The two trades look alike on the ticket, but fundamentally one hedges a risk and the other adds a new one.

    Finance

  • The pivot changed the logo and the pitch, but fundamentally the company still sells the same scheduling tool to dentists.

    Startups

  • Zone and man defenses look different on the whiteboard, yet fundamentally both are about deciding who guards the ball.

    Basketball

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