basically
Example Sentences
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“He’s basically been shut down for five days to sort of heal,” Redick said.
From Los Angeles Times
“Did you know that? We had codes to remember. Platoons and bases and generals and—basically anything to do with the war was in code.”
From Literature
Let’s say you give them $100,000 each — basically what your husband brought into the marriage and is technically considered separate property.
From MarketWatch
It’s always coffee for me and basically a piece of bread with something on it.
“It is basically the only game in town,” said Neil O’Connor, the equipment coordinator of his 14- and 11-year-old sons’ league in Baltimore.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
