basing
Example Sentences
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Despite being a lifelong Sunderland fan, Chandler admits basing his team on Kevin Keegan's Newcastle - with entertainment even placed above winning.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
The PCE reading is unlikely to cause much trouble for markets, as analysts seem to have a good handle on it, basing their estimates on the consumer- and producer-price index reports from earlier in September.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 27, 2026
Earlier this year, the Covid inquiry's chair, Baroness Heather Hallett, recommended increasing the payout and basing it on the degree of injury suffered.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
La Guaira's Governor Jose Alejandro Teran, however, last week said 1,338 people were missing, basing the count on a residential registry.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
What was in “olde bokes” was to be revered, and even when Chaucer was just making it up, he liked to pretend—though perhaps half in jest—that he was basing his work on a previous text.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
