basic

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Families were loaded on to tipper trucks and driven about 30 minutes away to Kubwa, an area where residents say basic amenities were missing and tensions emerged with the original inhabitants.

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

In the hybrid system, customers buy an allotment of usage tokens, as the basic unit of AI computing is known.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Tarlowe observed that the $10 fee hike compares to a $5 increase in 2022, marking “the largest nominal fee increase for basic members in recent history.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026

But Seven only knew the very basic things, like the spell for dodging attacks—evitar—and a low-level striking spell—zarpazo.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega