first bases

plural of first base

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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
Noun
  • Prince Harry gave the ring (ironically a sign of rebellion and new beginnings) to his new wife Meghan Markle in 2018.
    Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 26 June 2026
  • Lutnick’s letter marks the beginnings of a new regulatory regime that gives the US government control over the release of frontier AI models.
    Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 26 June 2026
Noun
  • Jalen Brunson and wife Ali Marks are each other’s day ones.
    Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 3 June 2026
Noun
  • This morning favors gentle starts and better listening, while the afternoon asks us to slow replies, check assumptions, and make our tone easier to understand.
    Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 23 June 2026
  • The Royals veteran spent 2021 with the Rays organization and made 23 starts.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 23 June 2026
Noun
  • Claude for Life Sciences outperforms human expert baselines on a range of complex life sciences tasks including understanding, manipulating and writing laboratory experiment protocols.
    Rob Toews, Forbes.com, 22 June 2026
  • The system aggregates sensor readings, analyzes trends, compares current measurements with historical baselines, and flags anomalies that may indicate emerging failures.
    Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 22 June 2026
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“First bases.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/first%20bases. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.

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