basic
Example Sentences
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But they demand long hours—sometimes over 100-hour weeks—spent doing basic tasks, like formatting slide decks or filling in spreadsheets.
Besides these few players, though, there aren’t many winners when the basic building blocks of the global economy get pricier and more volatile.
"I tried to make a mess of a pretty basic chip there on 18," Scheffler said.
From Barron's
An eating disorder charity said it was "incredibly worrying" that the injections were available "without even the most basic due diligence".
From BBC
Many manufacturers, retailers, importers and others are being thrust back into a holding pattern reminiscent of last year, when uncertainty over tariffs made even the basics of business hard to figure out.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.