baseline
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Sabalenka's preference for first-strike tennis - quickly getting on top of a rally with aggressive shots from the baseline - was not suited to the conditions, and she did not adjust.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
In March, it said it expected inflation at 3.1% in the second quarter of the year under a baseline scenario, but at 3.6% in an adverse scenario and at 4.4% in a more severe one.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
Performance Speeds typically hit 50-70% of your baseline.
From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026
"With those levers, the big hitting, hogging the baseline, he was already showing real promise."
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
His Cange census allowed him to begin building files and to create a baseline against which future censuses could measure how well his system was working.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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