basically

Example Sentences

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The federal government’s response was urgently needed, he said, “to basically stem the crisis for a year.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

Keith said he started looking for a new place to live during lockdown, including old petrol stations, cinemas, libraries, "anything that basically wasn't a house", he said.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

Since then, it has been “years of basically nonstop sending systems, upgrading systems, getting feedback from the field,” he said of putting the company’s drones to work in Ukraine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

So when we started to talk about this museum, it was him and me, basically, and he gave me a little bit of money.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

“Neither will we. Mr. Lemoncello’s basically canceled the whole Library Olympics dealio.”

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein