basically

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“It’s avoiding catastrophe, and it’s basically a one-year solution,” said Mark Gold, a board member of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

“If you look across all of these funds, they are basically in the same companies, the Andurils, the Anthropics, the OpenAIs,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

"When they fail, they fail catastrophically. They basically snap," said Peter Bennett, the association's executive director.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

“Once again, stocks are basically expressing their view that the war in the Persian Gulf is all but over,” writes Interactive Brokers Chief Strategist Steve Sosnick.

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026

The kiddie “pool” is basically a large puddle on a slab of concrete.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller