basically
Example Sentences
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Thinking out loud and swallowing it back, basically.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
More formally known as judicial dissolution, the corporate death penalty basically happens when the government is so pissed off by the corruption or damage a corporation causes that it yanks away their charter.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026
“And it is basically a tax for the rest of my life. But I had to do it, because I was always going to go to university.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
"We create, basically, a tornado – a violent vortex inside the tunnel," says Helming, as he explains how this helps the machine to suck away debris, which at times takes the form of lava.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
They left thinking that Capital One’s dispute with its regulators was trivial and that the company was basically honest.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
