basics

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For working-class families, inflation -- especially of basics like fuel and groceries -- tends to define their experience of the economy.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

Although scientists have long understood the basics of this process, studying its detailed structure at the nanometer scale inside intact human cells has remained challenging.

From Science Daily • Apr. 30, 2026

If you want your adviser to manage your investments and not just provide financial-planning advice tied to basics such as budgeting, retirement and taxes, then you may pay a percentage of assets under management.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026

But I also understand the rage of taxpayers who wonder why Los Angeles City Hall is so incapable of managing the basics.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

We stick mainly to the basics, things we’d be eating at home right now, like oats, winter greens, squash, and eggs.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy