baseline

Example Sentences

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“It moves developments closer to our baseline scenario for the conflict, which envisages an end to hostilities and a normalization of shipping by the end of this month.”

From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026

That’s the baseline for many news outlets to broadcast or publish a story.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

At the same time, Japan has stopped building up its Treasury purchases from a baseline of $1.1 trillion in 2016.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

Yes, chatbots are unusually persuasive, and writers pick up model biases without even knowing it, but the baseline isn’t some platonic ideal of a perfectly objective journalist.

From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026

Ben dribbled toward the center of the court, spotted Philip backdooring his man near the baseline and shuffled a pass beneath Rostelli’s arms.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy