basically

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"They basically had to just leave us there, and so my son was just devastated," Pingree told the BBC.

From BBC • Jul. 2, 2026

"The Russian economy is a two-tier economy -- the state dominated defence industry, doing pretty well, and basically everything else," London-based expert on the Russian economy Alexander Kolyandr told AFP.

From Barron's • Jun. 30, 2026

“The two earthquakes could basically get merged together, so we can expect potentially there is a reclassification later,” Zhan said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2026

Micron’s current momentum is basically a bet on memory bottlenecks “persisting in perpetuity,” which Keller doesn’t believe is a likely scenario.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 26, 2026

She was a Queen Mother, which basically meant she was a big deal—so big, in fact, that she had people taking care of her, driving her places, and even coming to her for political advice.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer