Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a fundamental manner; primarily; originally; essentially; at the foundation; as regards fundamentals.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb Primarily; originally; essentially; radically; at the foundation; in origin or constituents.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb to the very
core of the matter
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in essence; at bottom or by one's (or its) very nature
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- Force the administration to officially red-flag nations whose currencies are undervalued for long periods with the term "fundamentally misaligned currency."
CNN.com 2011
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- Force the administration to officially red flag nations whose currencies are undervalued for long periods with the term "fundamentally misaligned currency."
CNN.com 2011
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In cheese circles, though, our article has sparked much debate about what the term fundamentally means, and whether disagreements about affinage are ultimately just disagreements about semantics.
NYT > Home Page By JEFF GORDINIER 2011
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- Force the administration to officially red-flag nations whose currencies are undervalued for long periods with the term "fundamentally misaligned currency."
CNN.com 2011
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WASHINGTON — Raising prospects for a major election-year ruling, the Obama administration launched its Supreme Court defense of its landmark health care overhaul Wednesday, appealing what it called a "fundamentally flawed" appeals court decision that declared the law's central provision unconstitutional.
Obama Healthcare Plan: Justice Department Joins States In Call For Prompt Review Of Law 2011
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Raising prospects for a major election-year ruling, the Obama administration launched its Supreme Court defense of its landmark health care overhaul Wednesday, appealing what it called a "fundamentally flawed" appeals court decision that declared the law's central provision unconstitutional.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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Raising prospects for a major election-year ruling, the Obama administration launched its Supreme Court defense of its landmark health care overhaul Wednesday, appealing what it called a "fundamentally flawed" appeals court decision that declared the law's central provision unconstitutional.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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Raising prospects for a major election-year ruling, the Obama administration launched its Supreme Court defense of its landmark health care overhaul Wednesday, appealing what it called a "fundamentally flawed" appeals court decision that declared the law's central provision unconstitutional.
SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter By MARK SHERMAN 2011
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John Cornyn and Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas, both have said the addition of new offshore drilling opportunities would not make up for what they characterized as a fundamentally flawed approach to combating climate change.
chron.com Chronicle 2009
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John Cornyn and Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas, both have said the addition of new offshore drilling opportunities would not make up for what they characterized as a fundamentally flawed approach to combating climate change.
chron.com Chronicle 2009
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