How to Use basically in a Sentence

basically

adverb

• And of course, in our high schools, the numbers are basically the same.
  — NBC News, 5 Feb. 2023
• And then of course, the courts are basically right-wing.
  — Okla Jones, Essence, 20 Jan. 2025
• Jews were basically banned from the city in 1941, forced to live in a ghetto.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 17 May 2023
• This is basically a must win for one of these teams to stay in the playoff chase.
  — Ben Thomas | [e-mail], al, 16 Sep. 2022
• She was basically not allowed to have a lab with the men.
  — Ashraya Gupta, Scientific American, 7 Sep. 2023
• The sponsor plays a key role and is basically a partner of the event.
  — Bruce Martin, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
• The new structures were basically built from the ruins of the old ones.
  — Demetrios Ioannou, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Aug. 2024
• Your face and the concrete are basically close friends at that point.
  — Spin Staff, SPIN, 5 June 2023
• Or the feeds basically went out and they could be captured by clients.
  — Michael Calore, WIRED, 21 Dec. 2023
• You’re basically brought in as the savior of this project.
  — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2022
• So basically, applying SPF on the scalp with a focus to the part is not a step to be skipped.
  — Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 4 Apr. 2024
• And that was basically a stent going up into the brain to pull out a blood clot.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 24 Jan. 2024
• And, of course, Halestorm ranks as a highlight on basically any bill.
  — Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2024
• These are basically times that display the same number on the clock.
  — Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 15 June 2023
• And so in this case, basically the viewer becomes the heart.
  — Janell Ross, Time, 21 Jan. 2023
• That’s basically where the NBA is right now, with teams starting to approach the 20-game mark.
  — Tim Reynolds, ajc, 22 Nov. 2022
• One of the hazards of long-term sweater wear is pilling — basically the age spots of fabric.
  — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2023
• The sweet-sounding name is basically a way to say a tattooing of the lips—but don’t let that scare you.
  — Kirbie Johnson, ELLE, 31 Aug. 2022
• Later, Biden held a call with mega-donors and basically told them to buzz off.
  — Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2024
• But by the end of the day Wall Street's ultimate verdict seemed to be that things are basically fine.
  — Heard Editors, WSJ, 8 Jan. 2024
• This peel is basically a bit of a buff for the skin, evening out the tone while reducing fine lines and roughness.
  — Taryn Brooke, Allure, 23 Nov. 2022
• And that's basically all the U.S. Senate's going to be doing for the next two years.
  — NBC News, 11 Dec. 2022
• Every piece of the plot hinges on basically three lies or lies of omission.
  — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Aug. 2023
• But a lot of it is like, basically there is no machine.
  — Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 Mar. 2023
• These offer a table of contents, basically just a list of all the headers on the page.
  — Justin Pot, Popular Science, 20 July 2023
• Yet, everyone has been ready to put the band in the Rock Hall basically from the moment that record was released.
  — Jim Harrington, SPIN, 8 Nov. 2023
• As Klunk explains, the space was basically move-in ready.
  — Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 1 Sep. 2022
• And all my films are basically movies made on the road or travelling.
  — Nathan Taylor Pemberton, The New Yorker, 10 Dec. 2023
• So Kelce’s decision means Swift is basically putting off their future for at least another year.
  — Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 7 Mar. 2025
• He’s basically been there ever since, missing a start against Vanguard in November 2023 only because of a nose injury.
  — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 7 Mar. 2025