basic

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“The basic message was, ‘Be afraid,’” Labovitz remembers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

These included opting for new fitted booth seating and "reeded timber panelling" instead of more basic options.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

We still have a right to trial by jury, a right to counsel, due process—all of these basic protections in the playbook that we assume everyone is working from.

From Slate • Apr. 3, 2026

Or if they have, they have never gleaned even the most basic lesson from the long-running gag about Lucy, Charlie Brown and the football.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

Rhythmic learning concerns understanding three basic concepts: the macrobeat, the microbeat, and melodic rhythm.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin