basically
Example Sentences
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John Barnard, a wetland specialist, said: "There are historical records of swallowtails right across East Yorkshire. So bringing milk parsley back basically puts things in place for where they originally lived."
From BBC
“You basically have an environment where the economy is somewhat slowing” and the Fed is potentially “on the sidelines” keeping its benchmark rate steady on inflation risks, he said.
From MarketWatch
While not as good as Season 1, it’s still bingeable, ridiculous fun, basically TV’s version of a beach read.
From MarketWatch
“We are cellphones at this point, basically,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times
“It’s basically like a global supermarket of fake police stations,” he said of recent findings in abandoned scam compounds.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
