basically

Example Sentences

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"London has always been part of my dream. I basically grew up here musically."

From BBC • May 23, 2026

It’s not Nixon going to China, but there’s some analogy there that it basically rings more true for me coming from him.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

I have been asking them to provide accounting, but they are basically saying that was my mother’s business and they can’t disclose her last statement to me.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

“In the age of AI, if you don’t have the right talent and the right technology, basically you’re going to become irrelevant very soon,” Sadoun said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

It wouldn’t have been a big deal if that had been all—Daniel was a lizard and therefore basically untrippable—but Kevin pushed.

From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness