baseline

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Beyond these concerns, there is a more fundamental problem: India has been making policy without a recent population baseline.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

January’s data will offer a baseline for home price trends this year before mortgage rates shot to monthslong highs and insight into the foundation supporting prices as mortgage rates climb.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

The fossils "provide a critical, missing baseline for New Zealand's natural history."

From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026

A SEP often moves markets the afternoon it’s released, and it sets a baseline against which investors judge subsequent policy decisions and statements from Fed officials.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

She popped one in from the baseline, and so did I. She hit a jumper from the foul line, and I did, too.

From "The Million Dollar Shot" by Dan Gutman