basic
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Kalshi, which dragged the hermetic Pete Sampras out for a weird ad, actually had its name on another video goofing on attendees who didn’t know basic stuff about tennis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
"Publishing something like this is the height of incompetence and a lack of basic respect for people," said one young woman whose parents had gone missing, in a video shared online.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Quantum lattice gates are a recently proposed collection of basic building blocks that can be used to control bosonic quantum states.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
Their basic needs are eating and feeling safe, and they’ll connect the dots that you’re the one providing those things.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
When the work at Los Alamos began in 1943, scientists understood the basic structure of atoms, the tiny particles that make up the matter all around us.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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