bases
1 Americannoun
noun
noun
noun
Example Sentences
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The Dodgers entered Saturday batting .211 with the bases loaded this month, putting them in the bottom third in the majors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
Important discoveries in recent years include the remains of columns and bases from a Roman temple in Maasser al-Shouf in the mountains southeast of Beirut, nestled next to a millennia-old cedar forest.
From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026
This week, the Army unveiled plans to use nuclear microreactors at five military bases from New York to Texas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
So-called microreactors got their latest boost when the government selected five companies to build mini-reactors at bases across the country, with the first one switching on as soon as 2028.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
With the bases facing outside, there had been no trouble fitting them: they had simply circled around the central backbone, like a spiral rosette.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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