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But they said that they could not conclude that genocide had taken place "on the basis of contraceptive practices alone".
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
He won the bid on the basis of completing the project in three days but then spent three months finessing the terms of the contract before subcontracting the job.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
Refuting the film on the basis of its casting alone would be a mistake, one that I get the sense Dolly Parton would warn against.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
On a per capita basis, Canada’s economy grew 3.8% at annual rates after advancing 1.3% in the first quarter as the country’s population declined for a third straight quarter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Irrationality was dangerous to Pythagoras, as it threatened the basis of his ratio-universe.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
In the seventh, the Dodgers loaded the bases with two outs and failed to squeeze in a run.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
In the past, technological innovations in warfare tended to come from major powers that had their own industrial bases, enabling them to produce their weapons at scale.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
They have targeted civilian infrastructure, including water desalination plants and energy installations, along with bases hosting American troops.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
According to the paper, the UK is the first country to be given access to Kyiv's vast "Avenger Labs" repository, which includes data that will be used to train technology at British military bases.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
Each strand of DNA, recall, is a long sequence of “bases”—A, T, G, and C. The bases are linked together by the sugar-phosphate backbone.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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PARCC: Language of the Test (Grade 11)
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"Democracy in America, Vol. 1" by Alexis de Tocqueville, Introduction–Chapter 5
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