basic
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An inexperienced investor who had learned one of the market’s most basic and painful lessons—borrow too much, get burned.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Each Friday during the spring semester, students practice the basic techniques of archaeological fieldwork while investigating Mission San Francisco de Potano, a centuries-old site in northwest Gainesville.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
“LAFD’s massive fire tender failed to follow basic safety standards in failing to stop, or even slow, the massive vehicle down before entering a very busy intersection,” the lawsuit alleged.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
On the second-to-last day passengers were transferred to hotels, which Peach said were "really basic".
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Another reason is that children’s songs are uniquely structured to make them easy to memorize while containing basic musical and cultural material; language and codes that we come to recognize in all of our songs.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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Structure and Properties of Matter - Middle School
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American Naturalization Test, List 1
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