as in beginning
the point at which something begins
any year or event we use as the baseline for the Renaissance is going to be at least somewhat arbitrary
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Recent Examples of baseline
The latest forecast was calculated based on the current tariff situation, which includes a 10% baseline duty on all imports to the U.S. and a 145% duty on many Chinese imports.
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Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2025
According to the filing, Trump lacks the authority to unilaterally impose duties against Mexico, China and Canada using IEEPA—or create a universal baseline tariff of 10 percent that impacts all trading partners.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 16 Apr. 2025
The 10 percent baseline tariff remains in place, and Trump has now raised duties on Chinese imports to 125 percent after Beijing responded with an 84 percent surcharge on U.S. goods.
—Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025
The researchers found that in baseline testing, participants with a higher ratio of D1 to D2 receptors did better on memory tasks than those with a higher ratio of D2 to D1 receptors.
—New Atlas, 14 Apr. 2025
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Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2025
According to the filing, Trump lacks the authority to unilaterally impose duties against Mexico, China and Canada using IEEPA—or create a universal baseline tariff of 10 percent that impacts all trading partners.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 16 Apr. 2025
The 10 percent baseline tariff remains in place, and Trump has now raised duties on Chinese imports to 125 percent after Beijing responded with an 84 percent surcharge on U.S. goods.
—Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025
The researchers found that in baseline testing, participants with a higher ratio of D1 to D2 receptors did better on memory tasks than those with a higher ratio of D2 to D1 receptors.
—New Atlas, 14 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for baseline
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Type 1: The Starting Goal The first type of financial goal is the one set at the beginning of a financial journey.—
Andrew Rosen,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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There were language gaps, especially at the beginning.—
Essence,
Essence,
24 Apr. 2025
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But while the Albertsons crew is only just revealing themselves for the first time, discretion was only really a priority at the very start.—
Nate Rogers,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2025
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To this point, this is the worst start to a presidential term for the S & P 500 since 1928.—
Jason Gewirtz,
CNBC,
23 Apr. 2025
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What To Know The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic led to the cancellation of National Social Security Month in 2020 and it was not reinstated during the Biden administration.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
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Barker says the league has embraced the two different viewing perspectives of seeing players live on site or with their families elsewhere after conducting a fully virtual draft during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.—
Eric Jackson,
Sportico.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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Senior quants or portfolio managers directly generating alpha can earn $1 million to $10 million in exceptional years.—
Jack Kelly,
Forbes.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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Jensen Huang is tech’s new alpha dog Huang’s greatest strength as a CEO has been his willingness to make big, risky bets when opportunities present themselves.—
James Surowiecki,
The Atlantic,
8 Apr. 2025
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To the extent that such neat inception points exist in real life, an afternoon at an aging movie palace on the corner of Lake Park and Grand Avenues, in central Oakland, California, provided one for the filmmaker Ryan Coogler.—
Jelani Cobb,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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The brewery had operated at the Ice Blocks since the development’s inception, expanding into an adjacent space in 2022.—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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Today’s college students are thinking about careers long before commencement rolls around.—
Christine Y. Cruzvergara,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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The commencement announcement comes about two months after Texas State University announced plans to award Sheridan an honorary doctorate.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Apr. 2025
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Tahoe Therapeutics and the Arc Institute have recently partnered in the launch of the Arc Virtual Cell Atlas: the most comprehensive and diverse public database of single-cell level transcriptomic data across a wide range of perturbations.—
Amelia Palermo,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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This has prompted the department to prepare the launch of a new series of alphanumeric license plates for the first time in nearly half a century.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Apr. 2025
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There have been 16 outbreaks of gastrointestinal illness on cruises that met the CDC’s threshold for public notification in 2025, most of which were caused by norovirus.—
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2025
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Dumping Montero’s miserable contract leaves Houston about $5 million under the first luxury tax threshold, according to Cot’s Contracts.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Baseline.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/baseline. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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