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
Minnesota used a pair of late rallies to win its first- and second-round NCAA tournament games, running away from Green Bay before edging OIe Miss on Amaya Battle’s last-second baseline jumper.
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John Shipley, Twin Cities, 28 Mar. 2026
Deep Isolation’s analysis confirmed that nuclear waste streams partitioned through the Argonne-baseline electrorefining process are compatible with deep borehole disposal.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 27 Mar. 2026
Elana Redfield, the federal policy director at the Williams Institute, told the Statesman that laws like these start with the baseline assumption that trans people don’t exist.
—Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 27 Mar. 2026
Much that’s memorable in the new movie is nonfictional in an ordinary, baseline, yet therefore all the more startling way.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2026
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John Shipley, Twin Cities, 28 Mar. 2026
Deep Isolation’s analysis confirmed that nuclear waste streams partitioned through the Argonne-baseline electrorefining process are compatible with deep borehole disposal.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 27 Mar. 2026
Elana Redfield, the federal policy director at the Williams Institute, told the Statesman that laws like these start with the baseline assumption that trans people don’t exist.
—Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 27 Mar. 2026
Much that’s memorable in the new movie is nonfictional in an ordinary, baseline, yet therefore all the more startling way.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for baseline
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Without spoiling too much, Kane and Palk get to bond over their Kansas City roots in the beginning of the show.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
4 Apr. 2026
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The geologist Charles Lyell proposed that the very ground beneath mankind’s feet had been reshaped countless times before the beginning of human history and was even now in a state of flux.—
Kathryn Hughes,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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The Kings came into the game stressing a good start, having been outscored 5-1 in the first period of their previous three outings, and instead face planted to spot the Maple Leafs a 2-0 lead through 20 minutes.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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Saturday’s quality start was quite a bit more delicate than his last, too.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
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Frankenburg has seen commercial conversations with Gulf states speed up since the onset of the Iran war, CEO Kusti Salm told CNBC.—
Kai Nicol-Schwarz,
CNBC,
31 Mar. 2026
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Roughly 90% of these tumors are diagnosed in patients under 20 years old, often around the onset of puberty, making Tamura an outlier.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
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According to Powerball, the jackpot has been hit almost 200 times since the lottery's inception in 1992.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
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Bollati’s’ family-run business has reported organic growth since its inception, save for the 2008 macro-financial crisis and the 2020 pandemic.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
31 Mar. 2026
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Adams, who did not answer my e-mails—an alpha move, no doubt—would probably have been proud.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
2 Apr. 2026
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The Chargers don't have a true alpha wideout like Hill, however.—
Robert Marvi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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Grasso will be on hand for U-M's spring commencement May 2, when former Fab Five basketball star Jalen Rose will be the speaker.—
John Wisely,
Freep.com,
31 Mar. 2026
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Los Angeles Philharmonic Music and Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel will deliver the keynote address at USC’s 143rd commencement ceremony at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in May, university officials announced on Monday.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
30 Mar. 2026
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On Wednesday, the intro to space class at Metropolitan State University of Denver held a watch party for the Artemis II mission launch.—
Olivia Young,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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With new composite material advances further reducing launch mass, these launch costs could be driven down even further.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Apr. 2026
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The small family’s newest addition helped push Alali’s TikTok account over the 1 million follower threshold.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
5 Apr. 2026
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Above that threshold, the microbes can’t keep up.—
Jeffrey Marlow,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Baseline.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/baseline. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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