as in predicated
to find a basis
she based her argument on careful research
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Recent Examples of based
The aim is to significantly increase the power density and efficiency of water electrolysis to produce green hydrogen based on noble metal-free catalysts in comparison to current systems.
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Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 11 Jan. 2026
The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 11 Jan. 2026
Good, a 37-year-old mother, was shot and killed on Wednesday by Jonathan Ross, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement removal officer based in Minnesota.
—Michael Loria, USA Today, 11 Jan. 2026
The report, obtained by The New York Times on Friday, drew the conclusion based on computer simulations of the Boeing 737-800’s belly landing at the airport in Muan, in the country’s southwest.
—Arkansas Online, 11 Jan. 2026
Dora Prieto is a Mexican-Canadian poet and translator based in the Bay Area as a 2025–27 Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford.
—© Adri Montes, Hazlitt, 11 Jan. 2026
James had known Gjoshe for close to a decade and has retained a link by allowing the young full-back to oversee sessions at the Nigel James Elite Coaching academy, based in Wimbledon, south London.
—Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2025
Crown and dignity Catalina Ruiz Navarro, a Colombian feminist activist and journalist based in Mexico City, argued that the nature of beauty pageants like Miss Universe places women in a patriarchal position.
—Anabella González, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2025
This year’s Venice Lion of the Future and Chicago New Directors winner, sold by Totem Films and the fiction feature debut of Korkia, now based in France and Germany.
—Callum McLennan, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for based
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Shane and Ilya’s antagonism is predicated on their direct competition as sportsmen.—
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The triumphant revival of Eats at Wild Heaven Beer’s West End taproom was announced this week, but the move was predicated on El Tesoro, another beloved casual restaurant, vacating the space.—
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“Based.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/based. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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