Basel
Americannoun
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a city in and the capital of Basel-Stadt, in northwestern Switzerland, on the Rhine River.
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a canton in northern Switzerland, divided into two independent areas.
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Example Sentences
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Korea’s new central banker, Shin Hyun-song, has the look of a Bank for International Settlements man — forged in Basel, handpicked by Seoul elites and installed just as the AI/semiconductor party was reaching full throttle.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026
Signatories of the Basel Convention, a global waste treaty, are currently deciding whether used garments - an increasing amount of which are made from plastic fibres - should also be classified as waste.
From BBC • May 23, 2026
Lupa’s investments include stakes in Tribeca Enterprises, which runs the Tribeca Film Festival, as well as Art Basel parent MCH Group.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
Swiss football club FC Basel on Monday confirmed to AFP they had turned down an approach about staging a Kanye West concert at their St. Jakob-Park ground.
From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026
In the days that followed, Basel and Muhammad put on loose dresses, washed their bodies with cool tea, and screamed in anguish each time they felt the urge to urinate.
From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat
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