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base

[beys] / beɪs /








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That digestion took the form of either a cup base or a bull flag.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Yet the main virtues of the sculpture are its forms themselves: the folds, bulges and edges, and the work’s color—off-off-white for the vessel-like part and simple box base with a bulging layer between them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

A retiree who claimed at 62 with a permanently reduced check then takes the same percentage cut on the smaller base.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

"And it's basically a sea of ions, which is why we base our technology around it, so we can pull those ions out into an electrospray."

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

Her gray hair was wrapped in a great plait at the base of her neck.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell




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