fundamental law
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of fundamental law
First recorded in 1910–15
Example Sentences
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The mattering instinct “implicates both the most fundamental law of the science of matter, the law of entropy,” as well as “the biological imperative to resist it.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026
A similar attempt to change the fundamental law failed in 2019 because turnout was below a required 50% of registered voters to be valid.
From Seattle Times • May 9, 2024
That’s the way a democratic process works, that’s the fundamental law of the country, the Constitution.
From Slate • Feb. 5, 2024
All that changed in the 1850s, when scientists uncovered a fundamental law of physics with terrifying implications.
From Salon • Oct. 8, 2023
It is a fundamental law of Nature, as basic as gravity.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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