basis
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Scaringe said the company will reach profitability on a per-unit production basis with the R2 this year, but estimated that the company won’t turn an overall profit until closer to 2030.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
On a monthly basis, headline CPI fell 0.1% in May, decelerating from a 0.3% rise in April.
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
Dugas spoke out against a state bill to allow discrimination on the basis of religious beliefs, according to an article in Atlanta’s Saporta Report on March 17, 2016.
From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026
Aristotle was not a particularly ardent champion of women, but he nevertheless believed in using evidence as the basis of theory building.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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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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