based

Definition of basednext
past tense of base
as in predicated
to find a basis she based her argument on careful research

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Recent Examples of based Crucially, the voting is based on player performances between last August and July. Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026 Simmons, founder of The Ringer, is based in California, where sports betting is not legal. Greg Rosenstein, NBC news, 2 Sep. 2026 According to the Lagerfeld company, the voice is synthetically generated specifically for the character, but based on a two-hour recording by a voice-over artist that was later refined by machines and humans. Miles Socha, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026 The event will continue to be based at the Palazzo Barberini cinema complex. Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 1 Sep. 2026 The top 500 employers, ranked based on these results, were named Brazil's Best Employers 2026. Charlotte Hu, Time, 26 Aug. 2026 It's based on the company's MQB platform, which underpins the T-Cross subcompact SUV and the Polo hatchback. Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 26 Aug. 2026 Now, with another Super El Niño setting in — this time likely to be the strongest on record — many are calibrating their expectations based on what happened then. Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026 In December 2015, more than 13 million people tuned in to the first of a series of NBC television films inspired by her iconic songs, Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors, based on the story of the patchwork jacket her mother made her as a child. Stephen L. Betts, Rolling Stone, 25 Aug. 2026
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predicated
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  • And isn’t the addiction to scrolling predicated on speculation of sorts?
    Dónal Gill, The Dial, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The Seahawks ranked eighth in explosive play rate last season, with Kubiak installing a Shanahan offense predicated on getting big bodies on the field, baiting the defense to match with base and taking shots downfield.
    Ted Nguyen, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026

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“Based.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/based. Accessed 15 Sep. 2026.

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