FIRST BASES Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

first bases

noun

plural of first base

as in drawing boards

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Noun

Edwards has been especially effective at the outsets of these early round series.

— Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 14 Apr. 2026

Definition of outsets

Noun

The evening ritual is a sweet hat tip to the property’s beginnings—more on that below.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 July 2026
Astrologically, solar eclipses are equivalent to a super potent new moon, and are often associated with new beginnings, redirections and chapters that continue developing over time.

— Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 28 July 2026

Definition of beginnings

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Landen Roupp entered play having allowed just three earned runs over his last three starts but couldn’t find the strike zone against Milwaukee, allowing four runs over 3 2/3 innings with three walks.

— Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 29 July 2026
The lefty has allowed 20 home runs in 13 starts and three relief appearances this year, permitting four in his previous three games, allowing at least one in each of those turns.

— Josh Shepardson, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

Definition of starts

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The Jordan and James camps will continue to pound away at each other from their baselines, back and forth, making the rest of us who are undecided feel like chair umpires at a tennis match, head on a swivel.

— Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 30 July 2026
Stanford University’s 2026 AI Index reports that several frontier models now meet or exceed human baselines on tests covering doctorate level science, multimodal reasoning and competition mathematics.

— Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

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