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

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

“You have this trap, basically, that was just sitting here and collecting all of Los Angeles life for the last 60,000 years.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

What matters is how they compare to each other — basically, how many waves of one note go by for each wave of the other note.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones