your basic
Example Sentences
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The Federal Reserve also matches contributions up to 5% of your basic pay — dollar-for-dollar on the first 3% and 50 cents on the dollar for the next 2%.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026
It is, in short, your basic “High School Musical”-“Glee”-“Smash”-“Waiting for Guffman”-type community-theater situation comedy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025
Add up your severance and emergency savings and divide it by your basic monthly budget to see how long it will last.
From Salon • May 3, 2025
"It's intimidating, it’s a threat to your basic security, your financial security and your sense of wellbeing."
From BBC • Nov. 22, 2024
My middle name, Tree, comes from your basic tree, a thing of such beauty to my mother that she made it part of my name.
From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech
