How to Use fundamental in a Sentence

fundamental

1 of 2 adjective
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  • We need to make some fundamental changes in the way we do business.
  • The revolution brought about a fundamental change in the country.
  • We need to address these problems on a more fundamental level.
  • These ideas are of fundamental importance.
  • There's a fundamental difference between these two political parties.
  • The Constitution ensures our fundamental rights.
  • The role of mayflies and stoneflies in the food chain is fundamental, as well.
    — Boris Kondratieff, The Conversation, 22 Jan. 2020
  • In a way that's such like a fundamental part of my life.
    — Corey Seymour, Vogue, 10 Aug. 2021
  • Here in Michigan, where the right to vote is the most fundamental right.
    — NBC News, 1 Nov. 2020
  • But that goes against a lot of fundamental facts of life.
    — Stephen Engelberg, ProPublica, 18 Apr. 2020
  • Which brings us to the fundamental question here: to shave or not to shave?
    — Cam Wolf, GQ, 1 Nov. 2017
  • Trust is a fundamental need for the success of the leader.
    — Chris Cebollero, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2022
  • The business is a fundamental part of the creative process.
    — Eric Johnson, Recode, 20 Sep. 2018
  • One of life’s fundamental challenges is to find food that’s good to eat and avoid food that isn’t.
    — Quanta Magazine, 15 Nov. 2019
  • First, this is not the last fundamental right that this Court is likely to take away.
    — Tara Kole, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 July 2022
  • Has the business of law changed in any fundamental way?
    — Sam Wood, Philly.com, 16 Sep. 2017
  • But all of them serve a fundamental purpose for the living: to guide them in their grief.
    — Teresa Mathew, The New Yorker, 9 June 2020
  • Urban says that lends itself to a fundamental question at the heart of the show.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 7 Apr. 2022
  • Yet at the most fundamental level, James is no more or less than most of us.
    — Bill Livingston, cleveland.com, 17 Feb. 2018
  • But just who owns the story — and who gets to tell it — is a fundamental question here.
    — Randee Dawn, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2021
  • And among preppies, no dress shoe is as fundamental as the loafer.
    — Sam Dangremond, Town & Country, 6 Sep. 2016
  • But the most fundamental issue with the coin is that the summit has not yet taken place.
    — Zack Beauchamp, Vox, 21 May 2018
  • The fundamental flaw in the woke logic is that it is all based on the idea that fairness means equal outcome.
    — WSJ, 25 Sep. 2020
  • But there is a fundamental change in the nature of business.
    — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2022
  • Trump has sought to change our global role in a fundamental way.
    — Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2020
  • Something fundamental and not shifting with the wind or the whim.
    — Greg Cote, miamiherald, 7 June 2018
  • The coaches and kids just went back to work on fundamental football.
    — Ted Dunnam, Houston Chronicle, 28 Oct. 2017
  • Such people have the same fundamental rights as the faithful.
    — Thomas Farr, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2022
  • Yet, lurking in the background are both hope and dread that fundamental change may not be far away.
    — Ian Bremmer, Time, 23 June 2023
  • And an even more fundamental question than who pays for care is: who will do it?
    — The Economist, Star Tribune, 30 Aug. 2020
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fundamental

2 of 2 noun
  • But the hype ran ahead of the fundamentals, and the bubble burst the next year.
    — Paul Vigna, WSJ, 8 Feb. 2020
  • This rebound shows that the fundamentals of the bank are strong.
    — Kuwar Singh, Quartz India, 7 July 2019
  • The camp is open to kids ages 5 to 14 and will focus on fundamentals.
    — Staff Report, Daily Southtown, 19 Dec. 2017
  • The sixth game of the year isn’t time to be reviewing the fundamentals of tackling.
    — Detroit Free Press, 20 Oct. 2019
  • There’s some haircut in the short term, but in the long term the firm’s fundamentals are excellent.
    — John Detrixhe, Quartz, 11 Mar. 2020
  • Steven stresses fundamentals and learning how to play the game the right way.
    — Shelby Dermer, The Enquirer, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Campbell says the team is going to work on the fundamentals.
    — Jacob McAdams, Houston Chronicle, 19 Mar. 2018
  • Quinn: Play your fundamentals and trust your keys — that goes a long way.
    — Jeff McLane, Philly.com, 11 Jan. 2018
  • Kind of a fundamental of a game like this to directly be able to play a friend and test out your decks.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2022
  • And practice is set up to go back and hammer out the fundamentals.
    — Adam Jude, The Seattle Times, 5 Nov. 2018
  • That is, is there a trend for the polling averages to move towards the fundamentals?
    — Harry Enten, CNN, 7 Apr. 2018
  • In the eastern half of the country, fundamentals such as house price-to-rent ratios were less skewed.
    — Lance Lambert, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2023
  • The mission is to teach the principles, fundamentals and basic skills of the game.
    — Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2024
  • But even a long war will not change those fundamentals.
    — Samuel Charap, Foreign Affairs, 13 July 2023
  • And one of the fundamentals – free-throw shooting – was in great supply.
    — Patrick Brennan, Cincinnati.com, 30 Jan. 2018
  • These sounds, we’ve been told, are the fundamentals of talking dirty.
    — Lisa Ryan, The Cut, 30 Jan. 2018
  • And that’s not likely to change fundamentals very much at all.
    — David Koenig, The Mercury News, 2 June 2017
  • With six teams in the coed division, ages 6-8, the focus is on learning the fundamentals and rules of the game.
    — Emmett Hall, sun-sentinel.com, 12 Dec. 2019
  • For coach Gregg Popovich, the focus is on fundamentals.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Feb. 2018
  • That is what Ramona Swim Team is all about: fun, friends and fundamentals.
    — Dan Hammonds, Ramona Sentinel, 17 Oct. 2017
  • Most of them turn on big fundamentals of economics and people's sense of the world.
    — Robert Costa, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2023
  • But the fundamentals of their core business are not likely to change.
    — Greg Gardner and Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 15 Dec. 2017
  • To that end, last week, the Hurricanes used some of their downtime last week to work on fundamentals.
    — Christy Cabrera Chirinos, Sun-Sentinel.com, 26 Jan. 2018
  • Short fields, turnovers and flubs in the fundamentals equal a soupy mix for a forgettable night for any high school football team.
    — Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, 13 Sep. 2019
  • Some seemed to have no clue about the basic fundamentals of Facebook.
    — Abby Gardner, Glamour, 11 Apr. 2018
  • Next are market fundamentals, like the ratios of home prices to rents and incomes.
    — The Economist, 29 June 2019
  • Of course, the fundamentals of gardening remain the same: Plant a seed and try to harvest it before the deer and squirrels do.
    — Courtland Milloy, Washington Post, 30 May 2023
  • In the week ahead, investors should be able to refocus on the fundamentals of business.
    — Tom Hudson, miamiherald, 13 Apr. 2018
  • The places that ignore these fundamentals will remain in decline for decades to come.
    — Indystar, Indianapolis Star, 4 Feb. 2018
  • That’s why the Ravens spent a lot of time going over fundamentals at Wednesday’s practice.
    — Mike Preston, Baltimore Sun, 12 Jan. 2024

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