basis
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The consumer price index rose 0.5% on a seasonally adjusted basis — the largest monthly increase in three years — pushing the annual inflation rate to 4.2%.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
The stock has shaken off the broader software selloff to break into positive territory on a year-to-date basis.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
They calculate that the S&P 500 took 15 years on a price basis to break even after inflation in the wake of the tech bubble burst—from 2000 to 2015.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
Benchmark 10-year Treasury yields reached 4.551%, up over 10 basis points this month, with 30-year yields at 5.029%.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
So, decisions about the existence of a vacuum should be made not by appeal to authority but on the basis of sense experience and reason.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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PARCC: Language of the Test (Grade 11)
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"Democracy in America, Vol. 1" by Alexis de Tocqueville, Introduction–Chapter 5
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