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  • noun Plural form of bedrock.

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Examples

  • His bedrocks were his faith and "the Celtic imagination," which, he said, "represents a vision of the divine where no one or nothing is excluded."

    Jesse Kornbluth: John O'Donohue (1954-2008): Our New Friend on the Other Side 2008

  • Josef Ackermann, chairman of the management board of Deutsche Bank AG, said earlier this week the effort to constrain bigger lenders is misguided, calling multinational institutions the "bedrocks" of the global economy.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed 2009

  • Critics argue, however, that relaxing restrictions on outside investors could endanger other bedrocks principals of the legal profession, such as attorney-client privilege and the duty of utmost loyalty to clients.

    Jacoby & Meyers' Newest Fight: Helping Nonlawyers Own Law Firms Nathan Koppel 2011

  • Basic freedoms of speech and association, an independent judiciary, a loyal opposition, tolerance, pluralism, minority rights and community projects are the bedrocks of a civil society, but women's rights represent its litmus test.

    Ida Lichter, M.D.: Clinton Legacy Tied To Women's Rights M.D. Ida Lichter 2011

  • In countries like Italy and Spain, where banks historically have served as bedrocks of local communities, the financial turbulence is exacting an especially severe toll.

    European Drama Engulfs The World's Oldest Bank David Enrich 2011

  • Basic freedoms of speech and association, an independent judiciary, a loyal opposition, tolerance, pluralism, minority rights and community projects are the bedrocks of a civil society, but women's rights represent its litmus test.

    Ida Lichter, M.D.: Clinton Legacy Tied To Women's Rights M.D. Ida Lichter 2011

  • Basic freedoms of speech and association, an independent judiciary, a loyal opposition, tolerance, pluralism, minority rights and community projects are the bedrocks of a civil society, but women's rights represent its litmus test.

    Ida Lichter, M.D.: Clinton Legacy Tied To Women's Rights M.D. Ida Lichter 2011

  • Basic freedoms of speech and association, an independent judiciary, a loyal opposition, tolerance, pluralism, minority rights and community projects are the bedrocks of a civil society, but women's rights represent its litmus test.

    Ida Lichter, M.D.: Clinton Legacy Tied To Women's Rights M.D. Ida Lichter 2011

  • The move is a reaction to the recent headaches surrounding the euro and the longer-term woes of the dollar and the yen, long the bedrocks of currency trading.

    Investors With Yen for Currency Go Looking Beyond the Big Three Reshma Kapadia 2011

  • Basic freedoms of speech and association, an independent judiciary, a loyal opposition, tolerance, pluralism, minority rights and community projects are the bedrocks of a civil society, but women's rights represent its litmus test.

    Ida Lichter, M.D.: Clinton Legacy Tied To Women's Rights M.D. Ida Lichter 2011

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