basis

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And while the actual amount will vary on a club-by-club basis, football finance expert Kieran Maguire believes dropping out of the top flight in 2025-26 will cost clubs an average of £100m.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

The legal basis for the requirement lies in Germany's 1956 Conscription Act, which has been amended several times, most recently last December.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

The company said it has forecast subscriber revenue growth of 21% on a Generally Accepted Accounting Principles basis and 19% on a non-GAAP basis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

While perhaps the strongest of the three arguments, that title of the Civil Rights Act goes on to require the attorney general to offer a “statement of the basis and the purpose” of their request.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

Burr’s own letter, therefore, was a gross insult in its arrogant insistence “upon a basis so vague as that which you have adopted.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis