on the basis of
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: according to : based on
Students were chosen/selected on the basis of their grades and test scores.
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The reason was that these films were rejected on the basis of a lack of good taste.
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Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2025
It’s triggered on the basis of what occurs or doesn’t occur in Texas.
—Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Republicans have long held generally pro-Israel views on the basis of religious connections but also because of Israel's history of electing center-right or conservative governments, Panagopoulos said.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025
However, the Retraction Watch website reports that, since 2019, Science has retracted 20 papers from its various publications, mostly on the basis of what the journal believes to be innocent errors.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 28 July 2025
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Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2025
It’s triggered on the basis of what occurs or doesn’t occur in Texas.
—Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Republicans have long held generally pro-Israel views on the basis of religious connections but also because of Israel's history of electing center-right or conservative governments, Panagopoulos said.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025
However, the Retraction Watch website reports that, since 2019, Science has retracted 20 papers from its various publications, mostly on the basis of what the journal believes to be innocent errors.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 28 July 2025
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“On the basis of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20the%20basis%20of. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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