basically

Example Sentences

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I have been asking them to provide accounting, but they are basically saying that was my mother’s business and they can’t disclose her last statement to me.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

“In the age of AI, if you don’t have the right talent and the right technology, basically you’re going to become irrelevant very soon,” Sadoun said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Postal Service and Social Security Administration basically said they were still figuring out what the order means for them.

From Salon • May 16, 2026

"We're basically swimming in other people's poo," she says, before taking a quick dip.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

She had been so rough with the potatoes that they were basically mashed potatoes.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young