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basic

Definition for basic

adjective as in elementary, fundamental

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"I was lucky to be able to get out of that situation, but many women still don't have their most basic human rights, such as education. It's really sad and heartbreaking," says Roya.

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Instead, he has advocated for a new type of training for AI models based on real-world data inspired in part by how babies learn basic physics.

A 29-year-old using the name Little Grass Floating In Beijing posts videos of himself preparing basic dishes.

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At the most basic level, the majority of power plants work the same way: They boil water to create steam.

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He’d go to meetings with Wall Street CEOs and ask them the most basic questions about their balance sheets.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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