basis
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My brother believes that I should share in the profit on the sale of the property and has been giving me a percentage of his share on a yearly basis.
From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026
Ten-year gilt yields fall 4.6 basis points to last trade at 5.075%.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
Bank Indonesia on Wednesday raised its benchmark seven-day reverse repo rate by 50 basis points to 5.25%, coming off the sidelines after holding steady since it eased policy settings in September last year.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
Treasury note yield, meanwhile, rose 6 basis points to 4.687%, the highest since January 2025.
From Barron's • May 19, 2026
On the basis of the intelligence Penkovsky provided, Kennedy and his aides realized that there was only a small window in which to act, before Khrushchev's missiles became fully operational.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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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