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basic

[bay-sik] / ˈbeɪ sɪk /


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Duke-NUS Medical School combines medical education with basic and translational biomedical research.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

"Here in Palangkaraya City, we should be assisted not only in the form of rice or basic food supplies... there should be safe houses from haze."

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

The basic premise is that almost nothing we see online is human-generated anymore.

From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2026

However, there are a couple of other basic realities.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

In the meantime, the patients were left without heat, electricity, or basic care.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland


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