as in seat
the part of the body upon which someone sits
a naked fundament was clearly visible for an instant in the movie
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Recent Examples of fundament
The urge to create, to be creative, to make art, is a fundament of human existence.
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Tom Teicholz, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
What’s the fundament of it all?
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Nov. 2022
This feeling was a fundament of poetry.
—Anna Holmes, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2022
That treatment didn’t reach any of the fundament of what was going on.
—David Milch, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2022
The fundament of banking is to borrow money offering low risk to the lender and some payment for their deposit as an incentive and then lend that money out at a higher risk to capture a profit.
—Clem Chambers, Forbes, 18 July 2022
Concentrate on the fundaments of California cuisine: salads, pastas, heartier meats.
—Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2019
But if poetry is the fundament of the Oulipo, prose has brought it its greatest triumphs, a fact that is reflected in this anthology only somewhat.
—Luc Sante, Harper's magazine, 10 Jan. 2019
He is particularly concerned about Trump’s attack on institutions that are fundaments of democracy, like a free press, an independent judiciary, the legitimacy of elections, and the importance of honesty.
—Annie Linskey, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Apr. 2018
Tom Teicholz, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
What’s the fundament of it all?
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Nov. 2022
This feeling was a fundament of poetry.
—Anna Holmes, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2022
That treatment didn’t reach any of the fundament of what was going on.
—David Milch, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2022
The fundament of banking is to borrow money offering low risk to the lender and some payment for their deposit as an incentive and then lend that money out at a higher risk to capture a profit.
—Clem Chambers, Forbes, 18 July 2022
Concentrate on the fundaments of California cuisine: salads, pastas, heartier meats.
—Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2019
But if poetry is the fundament of the Oulipo, prose has brought it its greatest triumphs, a fact that is reflected in this anthology only somewhat.
—Luc Sante, Harper's magazine, 10 Jan. 2019
He is particularly concerned about Trump’s attack on institutions that are fundaments of democracy, like a free press, an independent judiciary, the legitimacy of elections, and the importance of honesty.
—Annie Linskey, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Apr. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fundament
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With overseas ballots still to be counted and four seats undecided, Chega could overtake the Socialist Party and become the official opposition.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
19 May 2025
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One fan scatters his dad’s ashes underneath his seat.—
Patrick Boyland,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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An older woman, a friend of my mother’s (my mother was also a teacher at the school), walked over and pinched my cheeks, first one and then the other, as an adult might do to an infant.—
Yiyun Li,
The New Yorker,
23 Mar. 2025
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Ironically, her swollen face looks plump and round despite her partial buccal fat removal — a procedure that extracts the soft pads of tissue found inside the cheeks to create a slimmer face.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN,
22 Mar. 2025
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Nobody’s going to beat you the last 150 meters, the Denver East senior assured herself, as Lakewood’s Eliana Angelino rode her tail.—
Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
16 May 2025
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But a clear victory for democracy in Bangladesh, a country of 170 million people, carried a sting in its tail.—
Simon Montlake,
Christian Science Monitor,
16 May 2025
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This was all done with a bum wrist, which posed as an inconvenience to him at times.—
Hannah Kirby,
Journal Sentinel,
4 Aug. 2024
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Tommy, left to prosecute the case against Rusty, has inherited a bum gig.—
Vinson Cunningham,
The New Yorker,
26 July 2024
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The south was not fully occupied by Nazi forces until 1942, with the country administered by a rump state, Vichy France.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 May 2025
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Atatürk forged the modern Turkish state from the rump of the Ottoman Empire in part by focusing Turkish identity on nation rather than on faith.—
Reuel Marc Gerecht,
The Atlantic,
19 Apr. 2025
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Why Contacts Cause Dry Eyes Wearing contact lenses splits the tear film of your eyes into two layers, one in front of the contact and the other behind.—
Suchandrima Bhowmik,
Health,
26 Apr. 2025
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On March 1, bullfighter Emilio Macias was seriously injured in the neighboring state of Tlaxcala after being pierced in the behind by a bull’s horn.—
Reuters,
CNN,
19 Mar. 2025
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On Thursday night, Purdue Fort Wayne’s sophomore third baseman hit four home runs, including a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the ninth to cap an 11-run rally in the Mastodons’ 21-17 win over Wright State.—
Mitch Light,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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And an outright bad host (see the bottom) can make the 90-minute show seem interminable and out of touch.—
Omar L. Gallaga,
Los Angeles Times,
19 May 2025
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In the clip, the Rare Beauty founder shakes her hips, squats to the floor and shows off her posterior to the camera.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
3 Sep. 2019
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Anterior-posterior is the forward-backward force, which measures the acceleration or braking that occurs while running.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Fundament.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fundament. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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