basis
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The leaders agreed to put the two nations' friendly relations "on a more solid basis", North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency said.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
The two-year Treasury yield last traded 0.2 basis points lower at 4.155%, while the 10-year yield was up 0.2 bps at 4.551%.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Dugas spoke out against a state bill to allow discrimination on the basis of religious beliefs, according to an article in Atlanta’s Saporta Report on March 17, 2016.
From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026
On that basis, your $100 premium is more than 63% lower, likely due to group-rate discounts.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
Burr’s own letter, therefore, was a gross insult in its arrogant insistence “upon a basis so vague as that which you have adopted.”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing basis
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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