basis
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The team and the quarterback have been conducting contract talks on a year-to-year basis since 2024, after Stafford delayed his arrival to training camp because of a contract impasse.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
Japanese sovereign debt strengthened, with yields on the country’s 10-year government bond falling 2 basis points to 2.765%.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
So Eckert, at the age of 32 and with no previous managerial experience, stepped into Still's shoes on an interim basis which became permanent a month later.
From BBC • May 21, 2026
It is still the basis of the trade embargo in force against Cuba today.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
We do deny that...geneticists will see genes under the microscope....The hereditary basis does not lie in some special self-reproducing substance.
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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