basic details
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She learned that to build a durable peace and move forward from violence, there has to be an agreement on the basic details of what happened.
From Salon • Jan. 8, 2026
How Microsoft has managed to avoid disclosing such basic details is baffling.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025
So far, only some 50 bodies have been positively identified – mostly through basic details like height, age and obvious previous injuries.
From BBC • Oct. 24, 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
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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