bases 1 of 3

present tense third-person singular of base
as in grounds
to find a basis she based her argument on careful research

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bases

2 of 3

noun (1)

plural of base
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as in headquarters
the place from which a commander runs operations the army base is three miles down the road

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bases

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noun (2)

plural of basis

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The Social Security Administration bases its COLA each year on average annual increases in the consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers (CPI-W) from July through September. Medora Lee, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025 Kentucky currently bases its energy standards on codes from 2009, and a state task force has met throughout this year to consider updates. Connor Giffin, Louisville Courier Journal, 22 Oct. 2025 The Social Security Administration (SSA) bases its annual COLA on third-quarter inflation data to help benefits keep pace with rising costs. Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025 Bing bases its results on Copilot AI, which takes advantage of OpenAI GPT models. PC Magazine, 11 Aug. 2025 California is one of a handful of states that bases aid, in part, on average daily attendance, according to Dee, so when fewer kids show, that means fewer resources. Marina E. Franco, NBC news, 6 Aug. 2025
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  • The Architecture of Imagination While Green Crew grounds climate mental health in action, and CPA-NA reframes it in psychology, the Lumisphere Experience is helping people reclaim their imaginations.
    Melissa Jun Rowley, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025
  • In this Mutable sign, Saturn grounds your curiosity and wonder, asking you to turn your beliefs into something tangible and reliable.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
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  • In the clip, kwn points to Kehlani while Kehlani rests an arm on kwn’s shoulder.
    Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 29 Oct. 2025
  • That argument rests on the fact that the scale includes not just category numbers and wind speeds but also notes about what kind of damage to expect from those winds.
    Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2025

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