baseline

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During their first two visits, participants received a baseline MRI and walked on a pressure sensitive treadmill while motion capture cameras measured the mechanics of their gait.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

Fire Department spokesperson Andrew Dowd said monitoring had been “deployed to establish a background air quality, so that if the fire advances further into that sensitive area we would have a baseline to compare against.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

“We’re in a new era, and in that era we need a reliable baseline fab.”

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

That number currently stands at 6,315 - "35 officers less than where the original baseline was drawn in 2025," he said.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

To establish her cognitive baseline that day, the researchers had her do some math problems and memory challenges.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel