basis
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Scaringe said the company will reach profitability on a per-unit production basis with the R2 this year, but estimated that the company won’t turn an overall profit until closer to 2030.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Real hourly earnings climbed 3.4% on a yearly basis, while the overall cost of living climbed 4.2%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Wednesday.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
On a monthly basis, headline CPI fell 0.1% in May, decelerating from a 0.3% rise in April.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
Analysts expect its gross margin to rise about 40 basis points to 31% this year, as the company looks to reclaim a 10-year average of about 30.8%, according to our calculations of FactSet data.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
The first anatomist regularly to disagree with Galen on the basis of direct experience was Jacopo Berengario da Carpi, whose Anatomy was published in 1535, only a few years before Vesalius’s Fabric.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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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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