basic
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Yet while the basic gesture of translation is reverent, sometimes a foxy irreverence yields pleasing results.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
It’s basic prudential supervision, and it’s well within the existing tool kit.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026
These changes are crucial to protect the city’s nearly 50,000 fast food workers from violence, wage theft and the denial of basic labor protections, advocates said in a news release announcing the strike.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
There are many theories swirling around for why they have increasingly chosen to abandon their basic duty to legal transparency.
From Salon • Apr. 22, 2026
He’d go to meetings with Wall Street CEOs and ask them the most basic questions about their balance sheets.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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