basis
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Net sales rose 6% on an organic basis to $2.27 billion, surpassing Wall Street’s call for $2.17 billion.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
On a volume basis, total exports rose 3% between March and April.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Dugas spoke out against a state bill to allow discrimination on the basis of religious beliefs, according to an article in Atlanta’s Saporta Report on March 17, 2016.
From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026
On that basis, your $100 premium is more than 63% lower, likely due to group-rate discounts.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
Accounting thus became the basis for rational investment choices and made it possible to decide how to divide up the profits of a partnership.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing basis
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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