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baseline

[beys-lahyn] / ˈbeɪsˌlaɪn /


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That’s the baseline for many news outlets to broadcast or publish a story.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

Yes, chatbots are unusually persuasive, and writers pick up model biases without even knowing it, but the baseline isn’t some platonic ideal of a perfectly objective journalist.

From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026

To combat that, Hammack said Wednesday, her baseline is that the Federal Reserve is going to have interest rates on hold “for some time.”

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026

Having a clearer baseline will make it easier to recognize unusual patterns that might be caused by biological processes.

From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026

They passed the ball to one of their forwards coming along the baseline and he passed it to their center.

From "Slam!" by Walter Dean Myers



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