basics
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"It's partly because Hurzeler went back to basics," adds McCarthy.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
After learning the basics, Draper left his father’s firm three years later to set up a new venture-capital operation, Draper & Johnson, with a friend, Pitch Johnson, who was an engineer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Instead, the strongest evidence for good recovery comes from the basics:
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
“Moms tell us it is only getting harder and harder to afford the basics and give their kids a strong start in life,” Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, executive director and CEO of MomsRising, told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
But Elizebeth and William found that the work went much faster if they mastered the basics of the languages themselves.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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