baseline
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After 12 months, participants who received the highest dose had a 52.5% reduction from baseline in LDL cholesterol and a 47.8% drop in triglycerides.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026
But if you’re older and your baseline anxiety and stress level is already high, you’re more apt to react emotionally to fraudsters’ ploys.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
S&P raised its baseline projection for Asia’s 2026 gross domestic product growth to 4.6%, but noted that projections for strong growth this year and next don’t mask the challenges.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Chief Executive Vicki Robinson said she hoped it would "provide a baseline for employers to go further", with the charity calling for bereavement leave to be paid.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
The high point in indigenous Chinese astronomy occurred around 1280, with the work of Kuo Shou-ching, who used an observational baseline of 1,500 years and improved both astronomical instruments and mathematical techniques for computation.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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Earlier this month, key members of the OPEC+ alliance agreed to keep output stable in October after six straight monthly increases, as they review members’ production capacity baselines to determine future quotas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
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
"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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