basic details
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How Microsoft has managed to avoid disclosing such basic details is baffling.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025
The basic details of the cold case at the heart of “The Carpool Detectives” are this: An older couple living a seemingly comfortable life in the L.A. suburbs mysteriously disappeared a couple decades ago.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 28, 2025
Sir Keir said the government had not provided "basic details" about the scheme, including how many prisoners were being released early, where they were and what crimes they had committed.
From BBC • May 15, 2024
The attorney general’s office in Washington, one of the few states where officials agreed to discuss basic details about the settlement with The Times, said the $33 million it recovered amounted to treble damages.
From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2024
A slighdy younger Old Babylonian clay tablet, dating from 2000-1700 bc, gives basic details on how to learn and time a four-stringed fretted lute, including instructions for the notes to play.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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