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The average age among Hagerty’s customers in 2025 was 53, but Gen-Z is the company’s fastest-growing customer base.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
By allegedly targeting child users, Meta "chose to exploit" young people in order to hook them on its platforms, so it could grow its user base and expand its business.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
When easyJet lacks staff at an airport, they are called in from another base, which must then fill its own gaps, said Bourdon.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
New homeowners might base their budget for utility costs on conversations with their real-estate agent, or even the previous homeowner.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
The tooth, which was wide at the base, tapered to a wicked point.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
The algorithm didn’t exist when I was shopping for studded belts in Spring Valley — it was a baser instinct thing, something my brain had an immediate and raw reaction to.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
But it can also enhance our baser instincts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
But it also quite consciously plays to the baser side of us that takes cold comfort, even joy, at the miseries of the hyperwealthy.
From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2026
Bizarre as all of this is, Ackman’s self-promotion has obscured a perhaps far baser motivation for attacking Harvard.
From Slate ● Dec. 14, 2023
“I’ll appeal to his baser instincts, of which he has plenty. Here he comes now. Everybody keep quiet while I put the matter up to him!”
From "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White
But the effect on most of its victims was to bring out their basest instincts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
Detractors said the app catered to the basest human interests — celebrity gossip, scandal, disaster and violence — to keep users hooked as long as possible.
From New York Times ● Dec. 20, 2022
They prefer stuff like "Warrior Poet Society," because it flatters their basest instincts.
From Salon ● Apr. 29, 2022
Variety calls the film, the debut feature from writer-director Wyatt Rockefeller, a “stark, scorched, occasionally jolting sci-fi slow burn in which relocating to the Red Planet can’t save humanity from its basest instincts.”
From Washington Post ● Jul. 21, 2021
It WAS basest betrayal to think of anything but Theresa, but they had no choice.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
It also has successfully targeted U.S. bases and retains enough firepower to threaten ships and Gulf energy infrastructure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
The NBA has one of the youngest and most ardent fan bases — making Iger and Kushner’s takeover a promising turn for the NBA amid Mark Walters’ legal problems.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Home Office minister Anna Turley has said the government is sticking with plans to accommodate asylum-seekers on former military bases despite protests from local residents.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
“We did see a shift into more grain bases, into items like pitas, and other items that they felt more comfortable with given the broader industry issues,” CEO Brett Schulman told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
Frank couldn’t tell her where he was going, of course, but she knew he often flew to other bases for these secret missions.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
There is currently no approved vaccine available for the Bundibugyo species that has caused the current epidemic but several are in development, including one based on technology used to develop the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
The HBO Max series is based on DC comic book characters and is set within the same universe as films like “Superman” and “Supergirl” and the TV series “Peacemaker.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
—Anissa is a tech reporter based in San Francisco.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Tai chi, a gentle form of exercise based on gentle movements and breathing techniques, is another option.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
The people of the Philippines had their own traditions, religions, chiefdoms, and belief systems based on cultural, linguistic, and ethnic groups.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
It’s already reflected in stock prices, and investors gain no advantage when basing their stock selections on it.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 4, 2026
She has been a major figure in Burnham's Makerfield campaign, basing herself in the constituency, and is line for a big cabinet job.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
The Pentagon chief said the move was also aimed at ensuring US "access, basing and overflight are clearly delineated and assured" after some European imposed restrictions on US forces during the Iran war.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
The table above lists six actively managed ETFs that use AI to manage their portfolios and bill themselves as basing their strategies on AI.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026
“Well, that’s an interesting way to put together a reading list, basing it on bookcase elevation...”
From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein
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