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basic

[bey-sik] / ˈbeɪ sɪk /


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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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