basic
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It has already registered three deaths, as well as infections among several staff members who lack gloves, body bags and other basic gear needed to protect their own health.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026
For decades, nonplayable characters have employed a basic form of AI to drive scripted dialogue and behaviors.
From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026
It comes as Chancellor Rachel Reeves took steps to ease the cost of living crisis for UK households, including easing the import taxes on some basic foods to lower prices.
From BBC • May 23, 2026
What follows is a sometimes frustrating, often hilarious hodgepodge of observations about the innate folly of living in a world where treating employees with basic respect is seen as optional.
From Salon • May 22, 2026
The basic approach utilizes discovery in terms of music learning, and also is synchronous with many of the 21st-century learning approaches discussed in Chapter 1.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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