be based
Example Sentences
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However, your Social Security benefit will still be based on your earnings record covered by Social Security.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
If so, it and the “Hever Rose” could both be based on a lost earlier work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
The new season will continue their romance and will be based on the sixth book, “The Long Game,” which reads as a direct sequel to “Heated Rivalry.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
He said the plan would be based on removing more foreign national offenders from prisons, releasing some offenders on indefinite sentences, and using space in women's jails for male inmates.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
The only thing wrong with it was that it seemed not to be based on the text it was explaining.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
