basis
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Rousseau was a repeat entrant in the prestigious Dijon Prize contests and actually won the coveted award a second time in 1754 for his “Discourse on the Origin and Basis of Inequality Among Men.”
From Salon • Jul. 12, 2025
Sapolsky is “a wonderful explainer of complex phenomena,” said Peter U. Tse, a Dartmouth neuroscientist and author of the 2013 book “The Neural Basis of Free Will.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2023
I first saw Christof Koch, the neuroscientist, and David Chalmers, the philosopher, butt heads in 1994 at a now legendary conference in Tucson, Ariz., called Toward a Scientific Basis for Consciousness.
From Scientific American • Jun. 26, 2023
That would be Basis Cash, which was also supposed to be worth $1, and which also capsized.
From The Verge • May 20, 2022
Kinetic Basis of the Law of Chemical Mass-action.—We will assume that the molecular species A1, A2, ...
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various
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PARCC: Language of the Test (Grade 11)
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"Democracy in America, Vol. 1" by Alexis de Tocqueville, Introduction–Chapter 5
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