basically
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“We had a handful of bands that basically just said, ‘We’re not coming.’”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Macdonald recalls that when he graduated, there was basically no local space industry for him to join.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
As this is basically unheard of, the anecdote plays great on a press tour.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
It’s the tech that’s powering its creepy glasses, its open-source coding model, and now its bid into the battle of personal agents that will basically turn the experience of scrolling online into a water slide.
From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026
Mere wishful thinking, Farmer declared, basically telling his audience they didn’t know as much about MDR as he and PIH did.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
