as in essentially
at the most basic level
All people are fundamentally the same. I disagree with some of her points, but fundamentally she's right. His plan is fundamentally different.
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Ari Caramanica, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2025
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Ari Caramanica, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2025
This suggests that the Trump administration sees tariffs not just as a means to address U.S. trade imbalance (which, itself, is already not a good indicator of economic health), but also a way of fundamentally changing the way global trade and manufacturing are being conducted.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2025
The Evo uses the same type of film for prints but is fundamentally a different experience in use and doesn't have the same purely analog character as the Mini 41.
—PC Magazine, 8 Apr. 2025
The landscape has shifted, requiring not only new tactics but a fundamentally different perspective on what constitutes an effective job search.
—Cynthia Pong, Jd, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
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