basics
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After learning the basics, Draper left his father’s firm three years later to set up a new venture-capital operation, Draper & Johnson, with a friend, Pitch Johnson, who was an engineer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Instead, the strongest evidence for good recovery comes from the basics:
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
"A little market has been set up near where I live. I sometimes buy basics there, it's a little bit cheaper," he said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
But if you want to lead a world-class city, you need to have world-class answers on the big stuff like housing and homelessness and on the basics, too, like fractured sidewalks and neglected parks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
“I know I’ll never be as good as you, but I could learn some basics, right? Like, I can’t even draw a decent cat. Stick figures all the way for me.”
From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake
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