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based

[beyst] / beɪst /


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The winner will be chosen based on value, balancing price and technical quality, it said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Danny Murphy: The underdogs who do well are usually based on a strong defence, like Morocco were last time.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

My other sister spoke with someone at one of the nursing homes, who said I may be able to buy out my mom’s half based on a fair-market-value appraisal, if I act soon.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

Vertic calculated its estimates for the expanded uranium-enrichment capacity based on historical data of similar centrifuges, satellite imagery to determine the building’s dimensions, and other modeling.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

He even had the commercial smarts to form a film syndicate, based on the fame of his expedition photographer, an Australian named Frank Hurley.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong




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