basically

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Goldman Sachs has a basket of what it calls high-beta momentum stocks, basically winners and losers over the last year, with an extra weighting on the outliers over the last month.

From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026

"That was basically the whole community in the world on working this stuff."

From BBC • May 7, 2026

Morgan Stanley has moved away from the more episodic trading and investment banking, and now wealth management is basically half of earnings.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

“The Starbucks one is basically a little interactive game to find out your ideal drink,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

“Without them, we wouldn’t be reading German plans right now, when we need it most. Even Turing’s machine is basically a more sophisticated version of their bomba.”

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin