on the basis of
idiom
: according to : based on
Students were chosen/selected on the basis of their grades and test scores.
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During the Jim Crow era, which largely ended in the 1960s following the civil rights movement, businesses and institutions were allowed to segregate people on the basis of race.
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
The judge underscored that a party seeking a preliminary injunction on the basis of antitrust law faces a steep burden.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 28 Feb. 2025
Talton’s attorney, Joshua Walker, moved in August to have the claim against Talton dismissed on the basis of sovereign immunity, which says a law enforcement or state officer may not be held personally liable for injuries resulting from acts within the scope of their employment.
—Silas Morgan, Orlando Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2025
Cultivating The Will For Managing Complexity The solution is never to protect nor to abandon ambitious and complicated programs on the basis of superficial but easy to explain factors.
—Michael Hudson, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
The judge underscored that a party seeking a preliminary injunction on the basis of antitrust law faces a steep burden.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 28 Feb. 2025
Talton’s attorney, Joshua Walker, moved in August to have the claim against Talton dismissed on the basis of sovereign immunity, which says a law enforcement or state officer may not be held personally liable for injuries resulting from acts within the scope of their employment.
—Silas Morgan, Orlando Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2025
Cultivating The Will For Managing Complexity The solution is never to protect nor to abandon ambitious and complicated programs on the basis of superficial but easy to explain factors.
—Michael Hudson, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
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“On the basis of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20the%20basis%20of. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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