as in beginning
the point at which something begins
any year or event we use as the baseline for the Renaissance is going to be at least somewhat arbitrary
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Recent Examples of baseline
Investors are reeling from the effects of the Trump tariffs unveiled last week, which hit more than 180 countries and set a baseline tariff of 10% across the board.
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Hakyung Kim,fred Imbert,sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 7 Apr. 2025
Several fiscal conservatives have already come out against the bill, stating that there aren't enough funding cuts to offset the tax extensions, as well as concerns about using the current policy baseline scoring tactic.
—Victoria Knight, Axios, 7 Apr. 2025
Inspiron 14 7440 has the baseline specs for daily computing with a zippy Intel 5 processor and 8GB of RAM.
—Jade Chung-Lee, PC Magazine, 7 Apr. 2025
On one drive to the baseline past the smaller Tyus Jones, Brown likely would have risen for a dunk if entirely healthy.
—Jay King, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
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Hakyung Kim,fred Imbert,sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 7 Apr. 2025
Several fiscal conservatives have already come out against the bill, stating that there aren't enough funding cuts to offset the tax extensions, as well as concerns about using the current policy baseline scoring tactic.
—Victoria Knight, Axios, 7 Apr. 2025
Inspiron 14 7440 has the baseline specs for daily computing with a zippy Intel 5 processor and 8GB of RAM.
—Jade Chung-Lee, PC Magazine, 7 Apr. 2025
On one drive to the baseline past the smaller Tyus Jones, Brown likely would have risen for a dunk if entirely healthy.
—Jay King, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for baseline
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At the beginning of last year, Del Rey shared a snippet of the ballad without any context.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
11 Apr. 2025
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At the beginning of Carrie Coon‘s time in Thailand filming this season of The White Lotus, she — along with her costars Leslie Bibb and Michelle Monaghan — was reckoning with the idea that their plotline felt much quieter than the others.—
Seija Rankin,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2025
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With his win last year, Scheffler joined Horton Smith as the only two golfers to earn his first two Masters wins in five or fewer starts.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Walmart stock was off to a hot start Wednesday morning, climbing 4 points (5.0%) in the first hour of trading.—
Kevin Ryan,
Quartz,
9 Apr. 2025
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More importantly, failing to articulate an acceptable mistake at the onset will leave your team without the language to define which levers were most important to drive business goals.—
Rebecca Shaddix,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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For example, in 2020, markets saw their second-worst day of the year on March 12 at the onset of the Covid pandemic.—
Lorie Konish,
CNBC,
7 Apr. 2025
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Would a first-round rookie become that alpha right away?—
Matt Schneidman,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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Players first got their hands on it in May, 2009, and then an alpha and beta version followed before the full 1.0 release in 2011.—
Issy van der Velde,
Rolling Stone,
5 Apr. 2025
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For those seeking less volatility than individual stocks, consider the High-Quality portfolio, which has outperformed the S&P 500 and delivered returns of over 91% since its inception.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Since its inception, the event has grown while maintaining the welcoming feel of peeking into someone’s life and design style.—
Jennifer Prince,
Southern Living,
12 Apr. 2025
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Jeannie Leavitt, the first female fighter pilot in the U.S. Air Force, delivered the spring commencement speech last year.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Apr. 2025
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Oscar winner Jane Fonda will deliver USC’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism commencement speech as its 2025 keynote speaker, the school announced today.—
Tom Tapp,
Deadline,
3 Apr. 2025
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That’s quite a strong performance for the series, which had already landed among the top three launches in Paramount+ history, alongside Taylor Sheridan’s 1923 and Landman — all of which have been major hits for producers Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
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The launch collection will consist of around 14 pieces, ranging from sports bras and tops to shorts, leggings, sweatpants, hoodies and lightweight outerwear.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
10 Apr. 2025
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Circumvention of the $5,000 reporting and disclosure threshold Section 849.094 requires those operating sweepstakes with total prizes worth more than $5,000 to comply with various registration, disclosure, and bonding requirements.—
Daniel Wallach,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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There's no clear threshold for herd immunity in Pakistan, according to WHO's Hamid Jafari.—
Ruchi Kumar,
NPR,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Baseline.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/baseline. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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