basically
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Start with portfolio-management fees — basically the cost investors pay firms like Vanguard and Fidelity to manage their investments.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
“People have basically become resigned to the fact that healthcare sucks, it’s going to get more expensive, access will get worse.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
“How big that actually was, you only realize when when you start traveling the world and you get basically approached everywhere in the world about those moments,” Klinsmann said Friday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
"Schools are basically acting as hubs of social support as well as learning," he tells me.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
I’m learning a new piece, and it’s basically killing me.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
