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• After all, if one of the leading budgeting apps started out as a spreadsheet, why not get back to basics?
  — Adam Clark Estes, Vox, 8 Aug. 2024
• The Moon is arriving in your sign for its monthly visit, signaling a time to get back to basics and orient your attention toward your immediate needs.
  — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 4 Mar. 2024
• The time is now to think old school and get back to the basics of banking.
  — Michael Abbott, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2023
• Noting the single-day surge, Gov. Tony Evers urged people to get back to the basics of fighting the virus.
  — Ted Mann, WSJ, 9 Oct. 2020
• Hart asserts the Democrats' best strategy to win back office in Iowa is to get back to basics.
  — Sarah Herndon, ABC News, 12 Jan. 2024
• For those who have a sunny spot in their home to grow fruits, veggies, and herbs, go back to basics with this stackable planter.
  — Nor'adila Hepburn, Southern Living, 6 Jan. 2024
• Tefi Pessoa wants to get back to basics by becoming a clown.
  — Mekita Rivas, refinery29.com, 30 Nov. 2023
• Stop filling up on junk food, high-fat treats, or large quantities of sweets and get back to the basics of healthy eating.
  — Tehrene Firman, Redbook, 20 Oct. 2017
• It's been a great way to get back to basics, which is the kids in high school discovering themselves, the kids having their first times.
  — Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 12 Apr. 2023
• The Patriots need to get back to basics, starting with the offensive line.
  — oregonlive, 19 Feb. 2021
• Take away all the new types of immunity idols and advantages of recent years and get back to basics!
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 18 Feb. 2021
• Sequoia’s cuts have forced the firm to go back to basics in focusing on seed and early stage investments.
  — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 7 Feb. 2024
• The company revamped its iconic wool sneaker late last year in an effort to go back to basics.
  — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2024
• Often, athletes who encounter the twisties or yips must go back to basics and carefully relearn the skills that trigger it.
  — Brianna Barbu, Discover Magazine, 6 Aug. 2021
• Hair Heroes to the Rescue There's never a bad time to go back to basics with hair care and, in 2023, our readers were all about nourishing products from scalp to ends.
  — Shanna Shipin, Allure, 19 Jan. 2024
• The Marin Catholic defeat, which featured three pick-sixes (one for more than 100 yards), was a painful wakeup that Antioch needed to get back to basics.
  — Mitch Stephens, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Oct. 2021
• When the market feels more like a rollercoaster than an enjoyable climb, investors should get back to the basics and focus on long-term returns.
  — Lucy Brewster, Fortune, 7 Mar. 2023
• This year will go back to the basics: shooting, skating, passing, breakaways and stickhandling.
  — Mike Brehm, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2024
• But in 2024, several experts think diners will be yearning to go back to the basics with a focus on whole, unprocessed foods.
  — Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 3 Jan. 2024
• To discover more about myself as an artist, to ask more intelligent questions, to work like a student, go back to basics and then share all of that onstage.
  — Washington Post, 28 Jan. 2022
• Now, investors are pushing company managers to get back to basics.
  — Gerrit De Vynck, Rachel Lerman and Julian Mark, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Feb. 2023
• To rekindle the affection, go back to the basics and revisit the foundation of your relationship.
  — Mark Travers, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
• But instead of over complicating things, the right approach is to go back to basics and get on top of good cleansing and simple exfoliation.
  — Georgia Day, Vogue, 5 Jan. 2024
• Mainly, after having to invest so much of his focus and training on park ahead of the Games, Wright is looking forward to being able to skate a little of everything and get back to basics.
  — Michelle Bruton, Forbes, 31 Aug. 2021
• The company is also taking steps to make long-term stays more affordable, and go back to basics by promoting renting rooms over entire homes.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 10 May 2023
• In light of the pandemic and the huge losses suffered by Juve in the ensuing two years, the club have made the decision to move away from the global ‘expansion’ route that was epitomised with the Ronaldo signing and get back to basics.
  — Emmet Gates, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2022
• Thrust into familiar surroundings, Calderon resolved to go back to basics.
  — Pauleanna Reid, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
• If Zoom really wants to achieve its long-term goals, the company needs to get back to basics and reinstate its goal of making communications frictionless.
  — Roger Dooley, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
• Rather than monitoring, Nadella encourages leaders to get back to basics: setting clear business goals.
  — Jane Thier, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2022
• While most game developers are looking to embrace the power fantasy of the Jedi, with wild lightsaber combat and destructive Force abilities, the people behind Outlaws wanted to go back to the basics with good old-fashioned blasters.
  — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 11 July 2024

Last Updated: 19 Nov 2024