first bases

plural of first base

Example Sentences

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Noun
  • Baz’s intelligence also stretches to the sense that Knight will go back to Bond’s beginnings as a Royal Navy Commander before he was recruited by MI6, the UK’s foreign intelligence agency, and chart how Bond attained 007 status.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Back to Starbucks is shorthand for returning the business to its community coffee house beginnings, with more inviting stores and a less complex menu.
    Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Imanaga held them to two runs (one earned) on eight hits over 12⅓ innings in two starts this season.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Julian Hill, who has made 18 career starts, will likely remain Miami’s first-team in-line tight end, playing the majority of snaps.
    Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • 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
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“First bases.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/first%20bases. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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