How to Use basis in a Sentence

basis

noun

• The sole basis for the rumor is someone's overactive imagination.
• The company does not hire employees on the basis of their race, sex, age, or religion.
• Five years of fieldwork in Manchuria formed the basis of her thesis.
  — Naï Zakharia, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2023
• The grants are given in varying amounts on a case-by-case basis.
  — Pam McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 10 Sep. 2022
• Bove’s memo steered clear of any legal basis for the dismissal.
  — Larry Neumeister, TIME, 14 Feb. 2025
• On an episode-by-episode basis, the third season of The Bear is as good as anything the show has ever done.
  — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 June 2024
• So even if the yield on a CD may be a bit higher, on an after-tax basis the T-bill might net you more.
  — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 3 May 2023
• Dnipro, a large city in central Ukraine, is nowhere near the front lines and yet the conflict is felt here on a daily basis.
  — Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 1 Mar. 2024
• Talking to your neighbors on a case-by-case basis will work best.
  — R. Eric Thomas, The Denver Post, 1 Feb. 2025
• Remember to use the same card over the course of a day or week, because the caps are applied on a card-by-card basis.
  — Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2023
• LaVine said those decisions will be made on a day-to-day basis.
  — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 19 Oct. 2022
• Jacques was renting his apartment on a month-to-month basis.
  — Staff, Hartford Courant, 27 Oct. 2022
• Killmer said the deputies had no basis to believe Ward had committed a crime.
  — Doha Madani, NBC News, 22 Feb. 2023
• Treasuries surged across the curve, with the five-year yield at one point plummeting over 30 basis points.
  — Rita Nazareth, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Oct. 2022
• This is a comfort to those who have so far only assumed this on a hunch basis.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024
• McDaniel said his requirements for the run game are on a case-by-case basis.
  — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 14 Sep. 2022
• And that’s not even to consider the class division that’s at the basis of Julie’s own life and livelihood.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2023
• That is because the USDA reports some large grain sales on a rolling basis.
  — Alexander Osipovich, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2022
• Walmart is a great place to save on a day-to-day basis—doubly so during big sales events.
  — PCMAG, 4 Nov. 2022
• Our shoes get dragged through the mud, grass and streets on a daily basis, so dirt buildup and stains are almost inevitable.
  — Taryn Mohrman, Good Housekeeping, 20 Apr. 2023
• The Fed could raise by 50 basis points in December instead of 75.
  — Quartz, 2 Nov. 2022
• The Bank of Canada hiked its interest rate by 75 basis points this week.
  — Kathy Orton, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2022
• But Pereira’s research located about 120 hours of footage around the world, which became the basis for his film.
  — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 11 Mar. 2025
• The two schools renewed their rivalry in 2020 and have played on a yearly basis since then.
  — Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 11 Jan. 2023
• No one can say for sure how this is going to affect the populace on a near-term and long-term basis.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
• Plus, the self-cleaning mode saves you the hassle of having to descale the machine on a regular basis.
  — Rebecca Martinson, Rolling Stone, 11 July 2024
• That’s because, to an autistic person, there’s no basis for what the outcomes of the new program might be.
  — Renee Dudley, ProPublica, 7 Sep. 2022
• On a year-over-year basis, its revenues and profits were both up by more than ninety per cent.
  — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
• These adjusters come and go, and yet, their reports are used as the basis for major decisions on your claim.
  — Joshua Connor, Sun Sentinel, 22 May 2025
• Now, it’s being discussed and measured in people’s bloodwork on a more widespread basis.
  — Stacey Colino, Time, 22 May 2025