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basement

[beys-muhnt] / ˈbeɪs mənt /


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Appeared in the August 14, 2025, print edition as 'This Family Couldn’t Be Prouder Of the Adult Living in the Basement'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 13, 2025

Imagine the possibilities if someone were to give us this Carrie Bradshaw — the ultimate era edition, who isn’t waiting for Country Lurch or trying to be swept away by Basement Heathcliff.

From Salon • Jul. 13, 2025

BBC News has contacted production company Basement Films for comment.

From BBC • Jun. 20, 2025

Hudson’s recordings served as the basis of both for the seminal Dylan and the Band album “The Basement Tapes,” officially released in 1975, and “Music From Big Pink,” the Band’s 1967 debut album.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2025

Aech and I quickly fell into our old familiar rhythm, and before long it was like we were back in the Basement, trash-talking each other over a game of Quake or Joust.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline




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