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

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

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

“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