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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So, there were evidence in that discussion where the CDC directors had to provide some, quite frankly, remedial assistance to help brief these members on the basis of vaccine science.
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CBS News, 29 June 2025
Presidents have regularly acted unilaterally to enter significant hostilities on the basis of those opinions, including in the Korean War, in Kosovo, and in Libya.
—Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 28 June 2025
Laws that discriminate on the basis of gender, for example, are typically subject to intermediate scrutiny.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 27 June 2025
Dean claims he was discriminated on the basis of race, as he and several other well-qualified Black candidates were also excluded for consideration on the first go-round.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 27 June 2025
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CBS News, 29 June 2025
Presidents have regularly acted unilaterally to enter significant hostilities on the basis of those opinions, including in the Korean War, in Kosovo, and in Libya.
—Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 28 June 2025
Laws that discriminate on the basis of gender, for example, are typically subject to intermediate scrutiny.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 27 June 2025
Dean claims he was discriminated on the basis of race, as he and several other well-qualified Black candidates were also excluded for consideration on the first go-round.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 27 June 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 15 Jul. 2025.
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