as in mostly
for the most part
your answer is basically correct
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Recent Examples of basically
Early on in development, Yacht Club thought adding a randomizer would be fun but also too difficult — basically like making an entire other game, Velasco recalls.
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Jay Peters, The Verge, 27 May 2026
Normal Ben Wheatley, 91 minutes What if Fargo were an action movie is basically the idea behind this flick from the director of Kill List and Free Fire.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 27 May 2026
That’s been the difficult part, basically, just to take that next step up.
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 27 May 2026
Then again, that’s basically his official job title.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 27 May 2026
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Jay Peters, The Verge, 27 May 2026
Normal Ben Wheatley, 91 minutes What if Fargo were an action movie is basically the idea behind this flick from the director of Kill List and Free Fire.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 27 May 2026
That’s been the difficult part, basically, just to take that next step up.
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 27 May 2026
Then again, that’s basically his official job title.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 27 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for basically
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Joe Bond on Fact-Checking His Work Post-Publication My dad worked with kids for forty years, teenage boys mostly, who’d been in trouble and were committed through the state to live somewhere else a while in hopes of getting themselves together.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 May 2026
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My life and times with his more than 10-year regime were, at times, tempestuous, mostly because of my ignorance and adamance in the need to grow by acquisition.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
25 May 2026
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How private money helps bankroll the LAPD Like other big-city police forces, the LAPD has long turned to wealthy boosters to supplement its multibillion-dollar annual budget, which mainly goes toward salaries and other payroll costs.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2026
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Regional identity is important in Georgia — though he was mainly raised in the country’s capital, Tbilisi, Kvaratskhelia’s family are Mingrelian, an ethnic group from the country’s west.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
29 May 2026
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Public money Martha Guerrero, mayor of West Sacramento, said the public funding for an MLB team would primarily come from tax increment financing, which relies on property taxes, with smaller amounts coming from hotel fees and other sources.—
Evan Drellich,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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Both Salisbury and Schuster see the LCS as primarily stopgaps for the Navy, likely to give way to a new generation of frigates that was announced last December.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
28 May 2026
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But the way telemedicine is practiced varies widely, and state laws largely dictate rules that telehealth providers must follow.—
Maia Rosenfeld,
NBC news,
29 May 2026
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Pessoa rose to fame on TikTok largely in part to her pop culture commentary.—
Carolyn Burt,
Oc Register,
29 May 2026
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That said, there are some Crocs are chiefly marketed toward either men or women, namely sneakers for men and wedges for women, and focus on men’s or women’s sizes.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
29 May 2026
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In a probing piece for The New Yorker, journalist Jessica Winter took a hard look at Burden’s financial profile—and incidentally turned up some holes in the narrative that has defined her divorce as tragic for chiefly financial reasons.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
28 May 2026
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That’s predominantly because Barca’s finances are all over the place.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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Both pairs are predominantly white with soft suede accents in gray on the Apollo Gold makeup and cream on the Shadow Red style.—
Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
28 May 2026
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Breslow offered some insight into that deal and his process with trades more generally.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
30 May 2026
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Lanuzza says that wine that is available in grocery stores is not generally meant to be cellared.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
29 May 2026
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This rising use of AI has principally been spurred by the evolving advances and widespread adoption of generative AI.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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Their programs were not principally drill-and-kill exercises, but extended to mathematics, English composition, geography, history, and music — piano, violin, and choral programs.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2026
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“Basically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/basically. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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