baseline

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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

A will is typically considered the baseline estate-planning document and the key place to record your last instructions.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

Because in East London, you learn that there is a moral baseline, that there is a right way of behaving, and you’re taught to respect your elders and to sort of look after everyone.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

Ben dribbled toward the center of the court, spotted Philip backdooring his man near the baseline and shuffled a pass beneath Rostelli’s arms.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy