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base

[beys] / beɪs /








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"In our base case we don't have shortages," she responded.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

You want to feel like you have a good home base, right?

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Just before the Scotland news conference at their palatial Charlotte base camp, three Norwegian reporters fetched up in search of Scottish retaliatory thunder.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

What we are measuring, why we are measuring it, and where we might be off base.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

And the woman wore her hair just as Miss Mortimer did, in a pretty chignon at the base of her neck.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood




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