basically

Example Sentences

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The team that is top of the Premier League on Christmas Day has gone on to win the title in 17 of the previous 33 seasons – basically a flip of a chocolate coin.

From BBC

“If Venezuela is going to grow as we think it is going to, it’s going to be basically because of massive private investment,” de la Cruz said.

From The Wall Street Journal

“They basically turned him back out on the streets,” she says.

From The Wall Street Journal

But here he was basically repeating a mistake he made only two days earlier, which can’t be what any team wants from its most popular player.

From Los Angeles Times

On Wednesday, the president took another swing at the issue in a nationally televised speech, but his message was basically the same.

From Los Angeles Times