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basic

[bey-sik] / ˈbeɪ sɪk /


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Those surviving spouses, at full retirement age or older, generally get 100% of their late spouse’s basic benefit amount.

From MarketWatch Sep. 15, 2026

Professor Nohria plugs the talent agency game into a basic diagram.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

As another, he said the new rules could penalize immigrant families for accessing basic, preventative healthcare that actually helps control the broader public cost of illness to localities and states.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2026

"Publishing something like this is the height of incompetence and a lack of basic respect for people," said one young woman whose parents had gone missing, in a video shared online.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

Meanwhile, Lorren—who’d never stopped reeling from Rachel’s claim about Traveler’s post—was tired of watching me spin my wheels when it came to learning basic facts about the boy we talked to every day.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows




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