basic
Example Sentences
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Bothies are basic shelters, where there is generally no electricity or running water.
From BBC
The Fair Plan, which offers basic fire insurance for homeowners who can’t get coverage elsewhere, is seeking a 35.8% rate increase to buoy its strained finances.
Some were carrying bags or pushing carts filled with basic necessities, while others just had envelopes filled with cash.
From Barron's
But they demand long hours—sometimes over 100-hour weeks—spent doing basic tasks, like formatting slide decks or filling in spreadsheets.
Besides these few players, though, there aren’t many winners when the basic building blocks of the global economy get pricier and more volatile.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
