basing

verb

present participle of base
as in predicating
to find a basis she based her argument on careful research

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Recent Examples of basing The Wingman does bring along significant weight, however, basing in at 551 lb (250 kg) – much more than most camping toppers and comparable to an ultralight full-floored slide-in truck camper. — New Atlas, 15 July 2026 Trade timing & outlook RDDT recently broke above the $200 level after basing over the last three months, and momentum has turned positive again with the stock reclaiming its longer-term moving average. — Tony Zhang, CNBC, 15 July 2026 The article said that Joshua Michael Stern, the showrunner for the series, also wrote it, basing it off a story by Jane Whitney and Michael Rosenbaum. — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 9 July 2026 Those allegations were a main reason more than 1,200 colleges and universities stopped requiring SAT scores in 2020 and 2021, instead basing admission on factors like GPA, essays, and extracurriculars. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 22 June 2026 Locked out of homebuying, Gen Z is also investing in the stock market earlier than other generations did, but many are basing decisions on social media influencers and FOMO (fear of missing out) rather than more certified picks. — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 8 June 2026 Rely on simple, hands-off strategies like withdrawing only dividends and interest, basing calculations on your current lifestyle, or pulling just your RMDs. — ABC News, 26 May 2026 Jonah is basing a screenplay on the town and a father-and-son relationship. — Ming Liu, Robb Report, 23 May 2026 These space companies, particularly those interested in large constellations of orbital data centers and other satellites, are basing their business models on a commercially available Starship. — ArsTechnica, 18 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for basing
  1. predicating
  2. resting
  3. grounding
Verb
  • With everyone predicating their behavior on everyone else’s, norms shift rapidly, and complicated feedback effects ensue.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Definition of predicating
Verb
  • Slide open and step outside to sit at the deck’s fire table immersed in towering evergreen trees while resting your eyes beyond to the Sierra Nevada.
    — Catherine Dunwoody, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Matthew Stafford was resting as part of his maintenance plan, and Simpson split reps evenly with Stetson Bennett, with Bennett taking the first crack.
    — Nate Atkins, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of resting
Verb
  • Punk struggled to get Rhodes up for the GTS with his bad knee, and Rhodes returned to grounding Punk by targeting his knee.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Emphasizing that any drone can be a threat in a restricted area, the FBI referred to an incident last year during the LA fires when a man flew his drone into a Super Scooper water dropping airship, grounding it for five days.
    — Tom Wait, CBS News, 30 July 2026
Definition of grounding

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“Basing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/basing. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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