base level
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of base level
First recorded in 1870–75
Example Sentences
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Like Microsoft, Amazon did not specify the base level sales figure its chips business run-rate was calculated on.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026
"That was the idea: to create confusion and generate skepticism at the base level by distorting certain elements of real things."
From Barron's ● Jan. 20, 2026
“Boiled down to the base level, yeah, you kick a ball through the pipes,” said Dicker, 25, whose team plays host Sunday to the Indianapolis Colts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2025
On a base level, these two friends make mistakes and are there to help each other clean them up; Helen and Sam just happen to be spies, too.
From Salon ● Dec. 11, 2024
“If you’d died, that would’ve been a black mark on my reputation, so yes, at some base level, I was...worried.”
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
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