basically

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On Wednesday, the president took another swing at the issue in a nationally televised speech, but his message was basically the same.

From Los Angeles Times

DaCosta: I wrote it on spec, so I wasn’t thinking about anything besides letting my freak flag fly, basically.

From Los Angeles Times

"Operators do a lot of caramel testing, just on sight and on feel. So basically, they walk up to the caramel and just give it a squeeze."

From BBC

A lot of the reaction to your album — the energy has basically been: Hold up, this is pretty good.

From Los Angeles Times

Gentile, she added, “basically pulled a Bernie Madoff and swindled people out of their money, and then he gets to go home to his wife and kids.”

From Los Angeles Times