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basis

[bay-sis] / ˈbeɪ sɪs /




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Campbell’s snack sales have fallen for the past three fiscal years, on a comparable basis.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

Gareth Powley, a senior technical underwriter at Aviva and Direct Line for Business insurance, said it had a "new for old" basis policy.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

Reddit also announced that daily active unique users climbed 12% on a year-on-year basis to 130 million, lower than the projected 133.7 million.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

The decline came as inflation accelerated to 3.4 percent on an annualised basis in October from 3.1 percent in September, the fastest rate since January 2024, Insee said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

The Davila essays, in fact, became the basis for the first serious rift in his friendship with Jefferson.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

Each mayor will receive a bespoke funding allocation that takes into account regional inequalities in tax bases, with the exact amounts to be set at the government's spending review next year.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

It has also moved some troops off bases where they are considered vulnerable to get them out of harm’s way, the Journal has reported.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

The company does its production in modular factories that can be built in six months and set up wherever the weapons are needed, which could be battlefields, military bases or test sites.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

The buildup comes less than a year after Ecuadorans voted against allowing foreign military bases, and has prompted questions from even within the highest ranks of Ecuador's armed forces.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

All summer long, kids playing punchball—hitting a pink “Spaldeen” ball with your fist and then running bases drawn in chalk on the streets—had tried to steal home to copy Robinson.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers


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