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basically

[bey-sik-lee] / ˈbeɪ sɪk li /


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Last summer, David Sacks, the White House AI czar, played down the possibility of chips being diverted to China, saying it was “very easy to basically verify” their location.

From The Wall Street Journal

Cursor became a Silicon Valley darling by ushering in what insiders call the “vibe-coding” era—basically allowing non-engineers to build software, apps or websites without knowing how to write a line of C or Python.

From The Wall Street Journal

It’s basically gasoline before ethanol is mixed in, and price movements for its near-term futures contracts can give a sense of where pump prices might be headed.

From Barron's

“As soon as you basically give away any control whatsoever to AI, I worry about that,” she adds.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Many people over-withhold and get large refunds, which feels nice but is basically giving the government an interest-free loan,” she explains.

From MarketWatch