How to Use basis in a Sentence

basis

noun
  • The company does not hire employees on the basis of their race, sex, age, or religion.
  • Notre Dame needs to get Dean West on the bases to disrupt the Bearcats.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2023
  • Vest then walked Jimenez on six pitches to load the bases.
    — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Nothing was going to stop Ice on a mad dash around the bases.
    — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2024
  • All three runs were charged to Morris, who left with the bases loaded and two outs.
    — Matt Jones, Arkansas Online, 29 Apr. 2023
  • His smooth glide around the bases after clearing the Green Monster.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Some of the brand’s bedding, bed bases, and pillows are included in the sale, too.
    — Sara Coughlin, SELF, 6 Feb. 2024
  • The horse hit a ball off the wall and hoofed it around the bases for an inside-the-park homer (no one went first-to-third like Mister Ed).
    — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2024
  • Five years of fieldwork in Manchuria formed the basis of her thesis.
    — Naï Zakharia, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2023
  • After a single and E4, BC has the bases loaded with one out.
    — Michael Casagrande | [email protected], al, 5 June 2023
  • Michael Busch slugged a home run for a second straight day as five of the eight hits by the Cubs (11-7) went for extra bases.
    — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
  • The Grizzlies loaded the bases in the fourth inning with no outs, but Hicks struck out the next three batters.
    — James Weber, The Enquirer, 14 May 2023
  • The Mustangs loaded the bases with no outs and Ryan Williams plated the first run by taking a pitch to back.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 June 2024
  • When the bases are empty, the pitcher has 15 seconds to start his motion.
    — Tania Ganguli, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2023
  • The Cubs took the lead in the fifth on Justin Turner’s two-out, pinch-hit, infield single with the bases loaded.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025
  • Bove’s memo steered clear of any legal basis for the dismissal.
    — Larry Neumeister, TIME, 14 Feb. 2025
  • On an episode-by-episode basis, the third season of The Bear is as good as anything the show has ever done.
    — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 June 2024
  • The Mavericks left the bases loaded in the second inning on a walk and a pair of hit batsmen.
    — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2023
  • The area also hosts the main bases of the Northern Fleet, including submarines.
    — Bloomberg News, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
  • So even if the yield on a CD may be a bit higher, on an after-tax basis the T-bill might net you more.
    — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 3 May 2023
  • Dnipro, a large city in central Ukraine, is nowhere near the front lines and yet the conflict is felt here on a daily basis.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Talking to your neighbors on a case-by-case basis will work best.
    — R. Eric Thomas, The Denver Post, 1 Feb. 2025
  • Remember to use the same card over the course of a day or week, because the caps are applied on a card-by-card basis.
    — Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2023
  • LaVine said those decisions will be made on a day-to-day basis.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 19 Oct. 2022
  • Jacques was renting his apartment on a month-to-month basis.
    — Staff, Hartford Courant, 27 Oct. 2022
  • Killmer said the deputies had no basis to believe Ward had committed a crime.
    — Doha Madani, NBC News, 22 Feb. 2023
  • This is a comfort to those who have so far only assumed this on a hunch basis.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024
  • There was no shortage of traffic on the bases for the Brewers all afternoon.
    — Journal Sentinel, 12 Apr. 2023
  • And that’s not even to consider the class division that’s at the basis of Julie’s own life and livelihood.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2023
  • No one can say for sure how this is going to affect the populace on a near-term and long-term basis.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025

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