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.
• Quantum bits are also known as qubits and are the basis of quantum computers.
  — Julia Musto, Fox News, 10 May 2023
• My anxiety about my sons really impacts me on a daily basis, and is not healthy.
  — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 10 May 2023
• 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
• Four of those starts came at center last season for the Cleveland Browns on an emergency basis.
  — Bob McManaman, The Arizona Republic, 11 May 2023
• July marked a third straight month that egg prices rose on an annual basis, a reversal from a year of relative decreases.
  — Alex Harring,gabriel Cortés, CNBC, 17 Aug. 2024
• Hernandez got out of the inning with a strikeout and a groundout to leave the bases loaded for the Spartans in the top of the first inning.
  — Breven Honda, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2023
• But there is a sliver of hope for the butter substitute: Prices were down 0.6% on a monthly basis in April.
  — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 11 May 2023
• After Báez flew out, Brash walked Spencer Torkelson on five pitches — including four balls well outside the strike zone — to load the bases.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 14 May 2023
• The police bureau will evaluate how the traffic division is performing on a monthly basis, Engstrom said.
  — oregonlive, 10 May 2023
• Ohtani trotted around the basis, seemingly impervious to the indignities of the preceding innings.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 16 May 2023
• After an error, Ortiz found herself with the bases loaded, but was able to strikeout Basha freshman Morgan Bragg to maintain any hopes of a comeback.
  — Ben Stapley, The Arizona Republic, 16 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
• 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 | [e-mail], al, 5 June 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• This is a comfort to those who have so far only assumed this on a hunch basis.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024
• Since antlers form from the bases and grow up and out, the area around the pedicle and the main beam itself hardens first, followed by hardening of the tines, from the base to the tip.
  — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 10 Jan. 2024
• But trailing, 12-9, with the bases loaded, Triston Casas just missed the sweet spot on a Coulombe cutter, skying out to center to end the threat.
  — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2023
• As with green onions, leek bases can also be pulled up and regrown in a container of water.
  — Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Sep 2024