basis
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As we are the people that work with athletes on a consistent basis, we have to understand their bodies, but we also have to understand that they win games, they lose games.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
Both boards believe that Commerzbank can create greater value on a standalone basis, by implementing its recently announced strategy, than through UniCredit’s proposal, Commerzbank said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
And on that basis, what he’s doing is incomparable to the many capital renewals of his predecessors.
From Slate • May 18, 2026
The WHO added that countries outside the affected region should not close their borders or restrict travel and trade as "such measures are usually implemented out of fear and have no basis in science".
From BBC • May 17, 2026
Similarly, Wilhelm Friedrich Bessel predicted the existence of Neptune on the basis of anomalies in the orbit of Uranus.
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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