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
You are basically working every day - physical training, watching clips, debriefing the matches from the previous day.
From BBC ● 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
And I found that it was basically three billionaires funding this.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
In the kitchen, I check out Tūtū’s wooden ladle, but it’s basically an oversized spoon and I made one of those already.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
