basically
Example Sentences
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Thinking out loud and swallowing it back, basically.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
Why invade some place if you basically already control it?
From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2026
“This is a supply chain that took years and years to architect and has basically fallen apart in 60 days,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
"We create, basically, a tornado – a violent vortex inside the tunnel," says Helming, as he explains how this helps the machine to suck away debris, which at times takes the form of lava.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
As I recall, for example, Karpov in 1975 was the one who refused to play me under my conditions, which were basically the same conditions that we are going to play now.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
