as in foundation
an immaterial thing upon which something else rests
the sole basis for the rumor is someone's overactive imagination
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Recent Examples of basis
For decades, major military powers and humanitarian agencies have established forward bases and supply depots from which materials can be quickly deployed.
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David Szondy
october 13, New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2025
Steadfast Noon is scheduled to run through the week, with participating aircraft returning to home bases once training sorties conclude.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2025
Military bases have had to remove Pride flags.
—Bob Morris, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, the Murdaughs are being investigated by local journalist Mandy Matney (Brittany Snow), the real reporter whose podcast about the family provided the basis of the show.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
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David Szondy
october 13, New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2025
Steadfast Noon is scheduled to run through the week, with participating aircraft returning to home bases once training sorties conclude.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2025
Military bases have had to remove Pride flags.
—Bob Morris, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, the Murdaughs are being investigated by local journalist Mandy Matney (Brittany Snow), the real reporter whose podcast about the family provided the basis of the show.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for basis
Noun
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Hoping to attract steam engines and gunpowder manufacturers, Delaware’s leaders could scarcely have imagined that, a century later, the ‘Delaware Inc’ model would serve as the foundation for smartphones, search engines and electric cars.—
Jan Hammer,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025
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The work even involved tunneling out a basement below the medieval foundations for HVAC and storage, with monitors on every wall to detect shifts in the stones during excavations.—
Mark Ellwood,
Robb Report,
18 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Music videos began in the 1960s and have been a cornerstone of the pop culture lexicon for decades.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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Its Business Owners Policy (BOP) is the cornerstone product for small business owners.—
Jasmin Suknanan,
CNBC,
13 Oct. 2025
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Those bedrock principles are in peril.—
Dan Gooding,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Oct. 2025
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The right to citizenship at birth has long been a bedrock principle in the United States, widely accepted to have been granted by the 14th Amendment to the Constitution in 1868.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
5 Oct. 2025
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The labels always come first; the justification follows.—
Alexis Coe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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White House officials have cited the violent scenes in and around Chicago as justification for bringing in the National Guard.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Basis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/basis. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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