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Meanings of bedrock in English

Portuguese
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Catalan
principi bàsic
Spanish
principio básico

Principles from which other truths can be derived.

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Usage of bedrock in English
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Of course, she could be from another region with similar bedrock geology.
Monday Mourning
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The bedrock of its business - the Irish economy - grew strongly.
The Irish Times
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But the party is struggling to persuade a bedrock constituency: African Americans.
Reuters
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The bedrock of life in the Middle West is the wheat harvest.
Tramping on Life / An Autobiographical Narrative
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Its bedrock of support is rural communities, especially in the country's east.
Reuters
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Under all the sentiment on the subject this is the bedrock fact.
The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol. 1, ...
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Infinite, ongoing transition and metamorphosis is a bedrock of modern Potentialism theory.
The South African
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Sigmund pointed toward the anvils, anchored to the bedrock beneath the building.
The last page
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Drawing was the bedrock of the French academic tradition inaugurated by Poussin.
The Irish Times
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In places erosion has cut through bedrock to the indestructible ring floor.
Ringworld
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We are not on the bedrock yet, but we've struck the vein.
The Little Lady of Lagunitas: A Franco-Californian Romance
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It plunged deep into the earth, piercing the bedrock before it detonated.
All You Need Is Kill
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But there's rock crevices and cracks where the bedrock comes mounding up.
Assail
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Like so many things, self-awareness comes down to the bedrock of God.
Unleashing the power of rubber bands: lessons in non-linear lead...
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Arthur knew, however, that long concrete piles reached far down to bedrock.
The Runaway Skyscraper
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This sector also is New York City's most important bedrock industry.
Reuters
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Bedrock across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common