Example Sentences

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But passing judgment, being accountable and responsible for decisions that impact people and society, that’s foundationally important.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

And so yes, we should be leading on health care, foundationally.

From Salon • May 2, 2025

More foundationally, Frank saw science as a part of common culture far more deeply embedded in people than nearly always transient geopolitical conflicts.

From Scientific American • Oct. 10, 2023

It doesn’t even pass their radar that this history is still echoing with us today, which is why it’s just so foundationally important that Justice Jackson is using her voice this way.

From Slate • Jun. 30, 2023

It remains a foundationally diverse town, settled by, among others, Eastern Europeans, Italians, Portuguese, Greeks, Mexicans, and, before World War II, Japanese.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2021