basic details
Example Sentences
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Members of Congress on both sides of the political aisle say that Trump has withheld information, including with whom the administration is negotiating inside Iran, and other basic details.
From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026
How Microsoft has managed to avoid disclosing such basic details is baffling.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025
They start with the most basic details — “Where am I?” for example — and evolve into increasingly specific queries until they form an inverse triangle brimming with insight he’s deciphered on his own.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2024
In the memo, prosecutors portrayed the former informant, Alexander Smirnov, 43, as a serial liar incapable of telling the truth about even the most basic details of his own life.
From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2024
“Right. So what do you actually know about this person you apparently have a massive crush on and know zero basic details about?”
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
