as in beginnings
the point at which something begins
any year or event we use as the baseline for the Renaissance is going to be at least somewhat arbitrary
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Recent Examples of baselines
Future experiments, including the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) in the US and Japan’s Hyper-Kamiokande, are expected to build on this foundation and offer even longer baselines and more powerful detectors to trace how neutrinos shift flavors across greater distances.
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Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2025
Metabolic tests can be helpful baselines to assess your risk of developing all sorts of conditions, including heart disease.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 17 Oct. 2025
Risk-mapping across business units, reassessing compliance as a governance responsibility, and exploring voluntary certifications or alliances establish new baselines for trust and safety.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2025
By establishing baselines of normal network behavior, anomalies become immediately apparent, enabling rapid threat investigation.
—Douglas Murray, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
When play resumed in the third quarter, the clocks at the top of the backboard were back in working condition, and the reserve equipment on the baselines were taken back into storage.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2025
On court, Annie and Helen spray their shots with unrestrained ferocity, aiming not for the baselines but for each other’s torsos.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
Last year, Beijing released a list of 16 base points connected by straight baselines around Scarborough Shoal, an atoll that China seized from the Philippines in a 2012 standoff.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
This includes population baselines that need to be maintained in specific bear management units for regulated hunting to continue.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2025
Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2025
Metabolic tests can be helpful baselines to assess your risk of developing all sorts of conditions, including heart disease.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 17 Oct. 2025
Risk-mapping across business units, reassessing compliance as a governance responsibility, and exploring voluntary certifications or alliances establish new baselines for trust and safety.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2025
By establishing baselines of normal network behavior, anomalies become immediately apparent, enabling rapid threat investigation.
—Douglas Murray, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
When play resumed in the third quarter, the clocks at the top of the backboard were back in working condition, and the reserve equipment on the baselines were taken back into storage.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2025
On court, Annie and Helen spray their shots with unrestrained ferocity, aiming not for the baselines but for each other’s torsos.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
Last year, Beijing released a list of 16 base points connected by straight baselines around Scarborough Shoal, an atoll that China seized from the Philippines in a 2012 standoff.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
This includes population baselines that need to be maintained in specific bear management units for regulated hunting to continue.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for baselines
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Esther isn’t using their beginnings as a weapon, but as a lesson.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
24 Oct. 2025
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During the interview, the singer discussed success and her career beginnings and shared that her dream was to become a movie director.—
Karla Rodriguez,
Footwear News,
22 Oct. 2025
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Lozano has had an up-and-down season, limited to 22 starts (out of 34 MLS games) by nagging hamstring injuries, logging nine goals and 10 assists but growing visibly frustrated on the field with incessant fouling by opponents and tactical congestion.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Oct. 2025
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In his first three postseason starts, Snell has allowed just two runs on six hits over 21 innings.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
23 Oct. 2025
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If there is a potential for temperatures to fall into these thresholds, a freeze watch may be issued a few days ahead of time.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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He is accused of providing inside information to co-conspirators about his intentions to leave a game early due to injury, which enabled them to place large bets on him not reaching statistical thresholds.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Baselines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/baselines. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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