basically
Example Sentences
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“It is basically a death march that will throw California over the edge,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
The company’s press release goes into more detail, but basically says that Claude was prompted to search through a massive database of DNA sequences for reverse transcriptases, enzymes that copy RNA into DNA.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026
"I just thought it would be quite nice to basically post a letter for the future and I'm obviously quite delighted to see that someone had found it," she said.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
“We already have a struggling economy, but then you take a sledgehammer to one of the more promising sectors of our economy and basically stall any development?” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
Molly Sender lived on the Yiddish stage, and basically died on it, too.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
