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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When casual consumers order a glass of Prosecco, only a handful do so on the basis of an emotional connection with the region.
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Paul Caputo, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
In New Haven, Conn., organizers barred a group of women from a breakfast event with Lafayette on the basis of their gender.
—Elizabeth M. Reese / Made By History, TIME, 26 Nov. 2024
Deciding not to deploy a technology on the basis of strong evidence is better than discounting it on hypotheticals.
—Lara Williams, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
Seemingly on the basis of little besides this unconfirmed assertion from an unnamed Floridian, Musk went a step further in his next X post.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2024
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Paul Caputo, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
In New Haven, Conn., organizers barred a group of women from a breakfast event with Lafayette on the basis of their gender.
—Elizabeth M. Reese / Made By History, TIME, 26 Nov. 2024
Deciding not to deploy a technology on the basis of strong evidence is better than discounting it on hypotheticals.
—Lara Williams, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
Seemingly on the basis of little besides this unconfirmed assertion from an unnamed Floridian, Musk went a step further in his next X post.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2024
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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 10 Dec. 2024.
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