basis
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Understanding the legal basis for the $90,000 award to your ex-spouse may help.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
Ten-year OATs slipped 2.7 basis points but remained above 5.050%, close to multidecade highs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Paid Peacock subscribers rose 17% year over year, but were about flat on a sequential basis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
“On a normal day, a decent-size move is a few basis points,” Tipp said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026
“This blatant use of high-level magic by incompetent Witchlings is basis for a sentence to the Tombs for these Spares. Either the Witchlings go, or the Gran does. There can be no other alternative.”
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
The Rays struck out less than anybody, paced the AL in stolen bases and bunted more than any team in a decade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
After the South Hospital shut, its staff and remaining equipment were moved to the Saudi Maternity Hospital in the west of the city, where the army had its main bases.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
As the PKK process has advanced, the Kurdish militants destroyed weapons at a symbolic ceremony last year, and this month, withdrew from four key bases in northern Iraq in a move confirmed by Turkish intelligence.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026
We certainly didn’t have all those bases covered when we moved to Cuenca, Ecuador, 16 years ago.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
In one highly coordinated operation, the United States would launch weapons from bombers, submarines, and missile bases in America and Western Europe.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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