basically

Example Sentences

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“But I think basically he assessed, correctly, that he’s eating the costs of the Iran debacle, like it or not.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

"All the wires are basically white, there are too many to colour code, so therefore each wire has a unique alpha-numeric identity code printed on it," Dr Dickinson added.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

“The diffusion curve in AI is happening twice as quickly….we think you’ll go from basically a billion people using these tools to four to five billion.”

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

It’s just something that’s healthy that I can make a lot of in one time and just basically make up for all the eating out I’ve did for the last two weeks on the road.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

“Do you have Action Comics number one? It’s basically Superman’s first comic.”

From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty