basics

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"There's not really a lot of excuses for festivals not getting the basics right because the information is all out there and it's quite easy to find," he adds.

From BBC • Jun. 26, 2026

The basics still matter most: Align your goals to your time horizon and save the right amount to get the job done.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 25, 2026

We bonded over being transplants to Seattle — him from the Dominican Republic, me from Florida, but we were still figuring out the basics.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2026

The clear winner, out of left field, was Brazilian jiu-jitsu: a relatively new art accepted so rapidly that we already knew the basics from our Army combatives course.

From Slate • Jun. 14, 2026

We had a volunteer who taught us the basics, and then we spent another half hour playing in teams.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge