as in predicating
to find a basis
she based her argument on careful research
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Recent Examples of basing
This is a warmonger that is basing his policy decisions around the region on narcissism and political ambitions that don't go beyond staying in power for no more than one month.
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Leila Fadel, NPR, 10 Sep. 2025
Some of these will always fail, some will complete with a breakout, and some will continue basing.
—Randy Watts, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
School funding was made more equitable by calculating the needs of individual school districts and basing state revenue on those needs, the release said.
—Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
Sheridan offered another view about his motivation for basing his productions in Texas.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2025
But Curtisia Windom is basing her pleas to the governor on not making her family endure more death and loss, saying her father has worked for more than 30 years to make amends and be a grandfather to her four children.
—Scott Maxwell, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2025
Leila Fadel, NPR, 10 Sep. 2025
Some of these will always fail, some will complete with a breakout, and some will continue basing.
—Randy Watts, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
School funding was made more equitable by calculating the needs of individual school districts and basing state revenue on those needs, the release said.
—Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
Sheridan offered another view about his motivation for basing his productions in Texas.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2025
But Curtisia Windom is basing her pleas to the governor on not making her family endure more death and loss, saying her father has worked for more than 30 years to make amends and be a grandfather to her four children.
—Scott Maxwell, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for basing
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With everyone predicating their behavior on everyone else’s, norms shift rapidly, and complicated feedback effects ensue.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
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It is said the bees gathered at the cemetery, resting on the tent over the grave and on the floral displays, returning to their hives after the service concluded.—
Elizabeth Bass Parman,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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Thomas dove in and swam with Malibu, popping up simultaneously from the water and resting their extremities — his arms, her fins — on the edge of the pool.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Sep. 2025
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Prevent this by grounding AI in your documents and adding human review for sensitive content.—
Louis Mosca,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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By grounding their model in decades of motion data, the researchers aim to give engineers clear parameters for replication.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Basing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/basing. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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