basing point
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Washington has sent billions of dollars in military and economic support over the years, as well as used the kingdom as a basing point in the Iran war, drawing missile fire from Tehran.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
U.S. troops long have used Jordan, a kingdom bordering Iraq, Israel, the Palestinian territory of the West Bank, Saudi Arabia and Syria, as a basing point.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 28, 2024
Supreme Court declared the cement industry's basing point system illegal.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Willard L. Thorp told a congressional committee that world oil prices are fixed to correspond to the basing point system of U.S. prices.
From Time Magazine Archive
Two years ago the basing point system's freight-rate differentials against Birmingham were abolished, and Birmingham, whose pig iron is $4.83 a ton cheaper than Pittsburgh's, got a green light to expand.
From Time Magazine Archive
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