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Recent Examples of Synonyms for first bases
Noun
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The beginnings of it are depicted in true disaster movie style, with ominous music and a collapsing electric pylon that causes a faulty cable to fall to the ground.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
6 Sep. 2025 -
Here is the emphasis on the hardscrabble beginnings and obstacles to be overcome, here is the recognition of a truly raw but once-in-a-lifetime talent that converts the nonbelivers, here are the early wins and the training montages and the tragedies and the comebacks.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The theme of training camp and the preseason was for the Bengals to avoid the slow starts that plagued them in the past, so starters played in the first two preseason games.—
Jason Hoffman,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
5 Sep. 2025
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Or the skewering and scathing kind from social media, where everyone’s a target by armchair quarterback blowhards, including over four mixed starts at Arizona State in 2023.—
Joe Davidosn,
Sacbee.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Harden baselines, enforce configuration standards and turn on logging with retention that matches control language.—
Emil Sayegh,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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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 9 Sep. 2025.
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