basically

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“The insurance industry has basically lobbied to keep that data anonymous at the company level, and I think it’s really important to make that information public,” Wolff said.

From Los Angeles Times

"I'd be basically talking to myself because they weren't responding," she said.

From BBC

This was basically the argument made by Jamie Siminoff, the founder and head inventor of Ring, as he went on an apology tour of sorts to try and mitigate the post-Super Bowl damage.

From Salon

Shares of Walmart rallied Thursday after the company indicated that the downbeat profit outlook it had provided was basically a way for the retail behemoth to underpromise so it could overdeliver.

From MarketWatch

“I just periodically send an email into oblivion, basically,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times