baseline
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A team from Technion-Israel Institute of Technology carried out an experiment in which 15 6- and 7-year-olds and 16 adults first sat for a short test to assess their baseline creativity skills.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Clip-farming and aura-posting encourage people to hinge their taste and personality on a piece of media’s baseline aesthetics, rather than its actual content.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
After firing down another unstoppable serve to win the match, Zverev returned to the baseline ready to start the next point - only to be told by his team the match was over.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
After 10 years, the debt would be 109% of GDP instead of the baseline of 120%—but it would still be climbing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Then he has us do footwork drills followed by forty wind sprints 56 from the baseline to half court.
From "The Crossover" by Kwame Alexander
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With shorter points, lower-bouncing balls and the risk of slippy baselines, the Wimbledon grass is not easy to master for those who have not grown up playing on it.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
CMS also “rebases” its baselines to accord with actual spending.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
"The Human Flatus Atlas will establish objective baselines for gut microbial fermentation, which is essential groundwork for evaluating how dietary, probiotic or prebiotic interventions change microbiome activity."
From Science Daily ● Mar. 14, 2026
SK Hynix and Samsung have indicated rising capex as well, starting from higher baselines.
From Barron's ● Feb. 23, 2026
A. Ground strokes=All shots hit from the baselines off the bounce of the ball.
From The Art of Lawn Tennis by William (Bill) Tatem Tilden
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