basis
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Policymakers raised the benchmark rate by 25 basis points to 5.50% and announced measures to help steady the rupiah, including incentives to encourage foreign investment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
An Alibaba spokesperson said there is "no basis" for their company to have been listed.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
Even so, these two low-volatility indexes have continued to beat the overall market on a risk-adjusted basis.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026
Even since the start of May, while Microsoft advanced on an absolute basis, it failed to keep pace with rival software names on a relative basis, highlighting ongoing leadership concerns.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
A gene is more than a set of protein-building instructions, but Beadle and Tatum’s experiments provided a mechanistic basis for a gene’s function.
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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