basics
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Rosales’ mom, Alicia, was able to provide her kids with the basics, but if they wanted more, they had to work for it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
The "my feed, my way" initiative aims to bring social media back to basics -- a feed focused on updates from friends, family and pages you follow.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
"I know staff are under pressure," he says, "but this is about doing the basics right. They failed Oli."
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Its basics became a thing of celebrity stardust when Sharon Stone wore a Gap T-shirt to the 1996 Oscars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Abu taught me the basics of drawing, and from there I moved on to painting and sketching—I loved anything where I could be creative with colors.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
