BASELINE Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

baseline

noun

ˈbās-ˌlīn

Definition of baseline

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 difference between organizations that develop leaders effectively and those that spend without return is whether the development is anchored to an honest external baseline. — Aurelien Mangano, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026 Much of that research has focused on older adults, who generally have a lower baseline of fitness than younger, healthy adults. — Jennifer Heimlich, Time, 20 Oct. 2026 Cardio Effort is calculated for individual workouts taking into account both intensity and duration but provides a plain language evaluation that compares a user’s cumulative weekly effort against a personalized baseline. — Andrew Liszewski, The Verge, 20 Oct. 2026 There will be an unwelcome vacancy at the table near the baseline when the GHSA hosts the state basketball championships this season. — Stan Awtrey, AJC.com, 20 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for baseline

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Expect some traffic back-ups at the beginning and end of the game as parking lots empty and drivers hit the road in what is a construction zone on highways running through downtown.

— Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2026
Advertisement At the beginning of May, separatists turned in a petition with hundreds of thousands of signatures to push for a vote on leaving Canada, while opponents collected signatures in support of staying.

— Chantelle Lee, Time, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of beginning

Noun

The anticipated early 2028 production start will mark the next stage of the company’s investment in Colorado.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026
The Heat also stuck with essentially the same bench rotation (but with a twist) despite its rough start to the season.

— Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of start

Noun

There had been a temporary improvement but the onset of the Iran war has plunged the country back into crisis.

— Rebekah Evans, TheWeek, 26 Oct. 2026
Much of these are solvable problems, if the right people are engaged to ensure that the community is involved from the onset.

— Neil Chatterjee, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of onset

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This happened despite the fact that calculations of orbital forcings, together with modeling of how carbon dioxide interferes with glacial inception, have suggested the next ice age was postponed by tens of thousands of years.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 24 Oct. 2026
That’s a wild thing to imagine, since the iPhone has had very few fundamental changes since its inception.

— Allison Johnson, The Verge, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of inception

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Perhaps most important for the team’s near future, Garland looked comfortable and confident as the Clippers’ alpha player, beginning his first full season in Los Angeles after being acquired from Cleveland in a trade for James Harden in February.

— Joaquin Ruiz, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
The project’s decades-long timeline underscores the scope and difficulty of reimplementing an operating system from scratch, and why the project has remained in alpha for so long.

— Nick Indge, ArsTechnica, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of alpha

Noun

Their achievement is worthy of commencement speakers from the local, state and federal level — including Nancy Pelosi.

— Noel Brennan, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
The city’s post came shortly after Butker delivered a commencement speech on May 14, 2024, at Benedictine College.

— Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of commencement

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Each ship comes with 16 missile launch cells, a Lockheed Martin SPY-7 radar, an anti-submarine warfare (ASW) helicopter, and other cutting-edge missile defense capabilities.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
This was the 36th launch and landing for B1063, which notably launched NASA's DART asteroid-smashing mission in November 2021.

— Josh Dinner, Space.com, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of launch

Noun

To qualify, each candidate had to demonstrate consistent binding at both laboratories, meet a specified affinity threshold, and show no detectable binding to an unrelated human protein used as a control.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
Legislation by Commissioner Rene Garcia requires the production to spend at least $10 million in Miami-Dade, double the $5 million threshold for the county’s film subsidy program.

— Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2026

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