as in foundation
an immaterial thing upon which something else rests
the sole basis for the rumor is someone's overactive imagination
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Recent Examples of basis
Cover your bases with this universal adaptor, a must-have for international travelers.
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Samantha Leal, Travel + Leisure, 14 Feb. 2025
Before becoming one of America’s foremost historians, a Pulitzer Prize winner and writer of seminal books on Abraham Lincoln (a basis for the Steven Spielberg film Lincoln), Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Teddy Roosevelt and Johnson, Kearns Goodwin became a White House Fellow under LBJ.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 14 Feb. 2025
In July 2022, Cameo moved into new offices on the seventh floor of the massive former Sports Authority building at 620 N. LaSalle Drive in River North, looking to reel in its Chicago-area employees on a voluntary basis.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
Social media has helped turn athletes into brands, and now with Web 3.0, sports stars can have even closer relationships with their large fan bases.
—Michelle Greenwald, Forbes, 3 Feb. 2025
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Samantha Leal, Travel + Leisure, 14 Feb. 2025
Before becoming one of America’s foremost historians, a Pulitzer Prize winner and writer of seminal books on Abraham Lincoln (a basis for the Steven Spielberg film Lincoln), Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Teddy Roosevelt and Johnson, Kearns Goodwin became a White House Fellow under LBJ.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 14 Feb. 2025
In July 2022, Cameo moved into new offices on the seventh floor of the massive former Sports Authority building at 620 N. LaSalle Drive in River North, looking to reel in its Chicago-area employees on a voluntary basis.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
Social media has helped turn athletes into brands, and now with Web 3.0, sports stars can have even closer relationships with their large fan bases.
—Michelle Greenwald, Forbes, 3 Feb. 2025
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Noun
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Developer Rick Caruso, who lost to Bass in the 2022 mayoral election and has been sharply critical of her since the fires, this week launched a foundation headed by a collection of business leaders to focus on recovery.—
Julia Wick,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Feb. 2025
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Chelsea Clinton did not receive any compensation for her work at the foundation since at least the fiscal year ending December 2013.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
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The complexities of child stardom, however, form the cornerstone for the novel.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
People.com,
8 Feb. 2025
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Football had changed since his debut, where athleticism and high pressing were now cornerstones of an attacker’s role and growing muscular problems hampered his ability to adapt.—
Jacob Tanswell,
The Athletic,
7 Feb. 2025
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And whatever happened to the bedrock idea of being a good neighbor?—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Feb. 2025
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Further, the consolidation of civil rights terms in popular language has led to the type of cultural misunderstanding that has put bedrock legislation at risk.—
Ken Makin,
The Christian Science Monitor,
31 Jan. 2025
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This raised questions about political motivations, not legal justification.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
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Democrats and even some Republicans in Congress, like Sen. Chuck Grassley, have demanded that the administration provide a rationale, arguing that federal law requires a justification.—
Aaron Navarro,
CBS News,
12 Feb. 2025
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“Basis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/basis. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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