basically

Example Sentences

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"I've spent the last week just basically taking my set apart" for the live BBC broadcast, he joked.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

“What you have is basically a bunch of people who feel a bit under siege,” said Bob Olinksy, the senior vice president of Structural Reform and Governance at the Center for American Progress.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

But it is one of the most useful things you can keep in your fridge: affordable, basically already prepped and flexible enough to become almost anything, depending on what you’re in the mood for.

From Salon • May 22, 2026

“Trump’s plan was basically to relitigate the terms of the nuclear deal.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

And when she’d said, “Nothing’s wrong. I just wanted to hear your voice,” he’d replied, “Can it wait? I’m in a meeting,” and basically hung up.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman