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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of northern Switzerland on the Rhine River bordering on France and Germany. It has been an important intellectual center since the 15th century.
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- proper noun A city in
Switzerland .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a city in northwestern Switzerland
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Examples
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BASEL (Switzerland) - Teen sensation Bojan Krkic scored twice as Barcelona cruised past Basel
TODAYonline 2008
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In other respects, Basel is making the problem worse.
Mervyn King: Basel Won't Prevent Another Crisis The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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The more likely supine response (as we've already seen in Basel III and Dodd-Frank) is a further undermining of any kind of serious regulation.
Marshall Auerback: Main Street Is Dying a Death by a Thousand Spending Cuts Marshall Auerback 2010
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The more likely supine response (as we've already seen in Basel III and Dodd-Frank) is a further undermining of any kind of serious regulation.
Marshall Auerback: Main Street Is Dying a Death by a Thousand Spending Cuts Marshall Auerback 2010
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The more likely supine response (as we've already seen in Basel III and Dodd-Frank) is a further undermining of any kind of serious regulation.
Marshall Auerback: Main Street Is Dying a Death by a Thousand Spending Cuts Marshall Auerback 2010
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In many respects, particularly on higher capital, Basel is headed in the right direction.
Mervyn King: Basel Won't Prevent Another Crisis The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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In many respects, particularly on higher capital, Basel is headed in the right direction.
Mervyn King: Basel Won't Prevent Another Crisis The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Apart from the beautiful Tissot wristwatch Mum and Dad purchased for me in Basel on the same holiday — that went in 1999 when I was cleaned out by burglers in Adelaide — I cannot recall losing anything else of greater sentimental value.
Archive 2009-08-01 2009
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In other respects, Basel is making the problem worse.
Mervyn King: Basel Won't Prevent Another Crisis The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Apart from the beautiful Tissot wristwatch Mum and Dad purchased for me in Basel on the same holiday — that went in 1999 when I was cleaned out by burglers in Adelaide — I cannot recall losing anything else of greater sentimental value.
The Beret 2009
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