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  • noun Plural form of baseline.

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Examples

  • Not surprisingly, this change in baselines worked to the advantage of blacks.

    Balkinization 2003

  • Not surprisingly, this change in baselines worked to the advantage of blacks.

    Balkinization 2003

  • He took the press release back to his office and compared it with other deficit projections, known as "baselines" that he had been studying after the Aug. 2 deal to raise the $14.29 trillion debt ceiling.

    Obama and S&P Vie for Credibility Damian Paletta 2011

  • When the S&P called the Congressional Budget Office—Congress's number cruncher—it asked about the different projections, known as "baselines," that it uses to estimate the impact of policy decisions on future deficits.

    Downgrade Controversy Began With Single Phone Call Damian Paletta 2011

  • Through the magic of budget projections known as "baselines" used to gauge the future impacts of proposed changes in tax policy.

    Gang of Six Plan Cuts Both Ways John D. McKinnon 2011

  • The baselines are the edge of travelway and the assemblies target the centerline.

    All Discussion Groups: Message List - root 2010

  • Working out the baselines is a huge problem in the debate over taxation.

    TIME.com: Top Stories Michael Scherer 2010

  • The baselines are the edge of travelway and the assemblies target the centerline.

    All Discussion Groups: Message List - root 2010

  • By: Ryan Ponce Pacpaco SPEAKER Prospero C. Nograles yesterday said national interest was the prime motivation for President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo when she signed the new 'baselines'

    WN.com - Articles related to RP-China ties chill over Spratlys law 2009

  • To accommodate the fact that respondents have different baselines—some cluster all their ratings at the top of the scale, others at the bottom—we have calculated a global average of all the ratings given by each respondent, and then examine whether his or her thermometer score for the group in question exceeds or falls below that global average.

    American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

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