basically

Example Sentences

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“It’s basically like stealing something from somebody who stole,” Halem said, according to Louis.

From Los Angeles Times

That involves developing mechanisms for what he describes as “avalanche decoupling”—basically the kind of total economic isolation that makes a war not just expensive, but suicidal for the Chinese economy.

From The Wall Street Journal

“He’s in a galaxy of his own as somebody that I look up to, respect and who basically shaped the game for me.”

From Los Angeles Times

"Sometimes as a player, I think you can just go into your own world because you're basically in a fight to survive," Bellamy says.

From BBC

A heat pump basically runs a chemical - the refrigerant - round and round in a closed loop, going from hot to cold, gas to liquid, compressed to decompressed.

From BBC