basis
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Orders for the fiscal year rose 42% on an organic basis to 27.6 billion euros, while sales grew 7% organically to 19.2 billion euros.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
"There's not enough park car parking spaces as it is in the national park on a day-to-day basis," she said.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
The diagram shows the basis of the 18% figure, as well as one showing 46% chunk of jobs will see less immediate change:
From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026
The law does not require the governor to disclose the basis for their designation, though it does set some parameters around why a group might be recommended for the designation.
From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026
On the basis of the intelligence Penkovsky provided, Kennedy and his aides realized that there was only a small window in which to act, before Khrushchev's missiles became fully operational.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
Vocabulary lists containing basis
PARCC: Language of the Test (Grade 11)
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"Democracy in America, Vol. 1" by Alexis de Tocqueville, Introduction–Chapter 5
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