basically

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"And it's basically a sea of ions, which is why we base our technology around it, so we can pull those ions out into an electrospray."

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

And that’s basically what has been happening over the past few weeks, he said.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

I wish that we could say, “I’d like to try this now,” but it’s basically where they believe they would like us.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

The road "is basically the backbone of Russian occupation in the south", Clément Molin, an analyst at the French-based think tank Atum Mundi, told the BBC.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

“Come in,” she says, and leads me down the hall in the opposite direction, toward a corner office that is basically wall-to-wall plants.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz