on the basis of
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: according to : based on
Students were chosen/selected on the basis of their grades and test scores.
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Many institutions continue to discriminate on the basis of race.
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Ian Kingsbury, National Review, 27 Jan. 2025
After trying to sell their product on the basis of a league format, the PFL has finally hit on the one thing fans wanted all along – big fights.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 26 Jan. 2025
Families should not be discriminated against on the basis of race.
—Wenyuan Wu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
Among the most legally vulnerable programs, civil rights lawyers say, are those that give out employment benefits like jobs or promotions to specific groups on the basis of their race.
—Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
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Ian Kingsbury, National Review, 27 Jan. 2025
After trying to sell their product on the basis of a league format, the PFL has finally hit on the one thing fans wanted all along – big fights.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 26 Jan. 2025
Families should not be discriminated against on the basis of race.
—Wenyuan Wu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
Among the most legally vulnerable programs, civil rights lawyers say, are those that give out employment benefits like jobs or promotions to specific groups on the basis of their race.
—Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
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“On the basis of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20the%20basis%20of. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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