on the basis of
idiom
: according to : based on
Students were chosen/selected on the basis of their grades and test scores.
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Section 2 prohibits voting practices or procedures that discriminate on the basis of race.
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Mandy Taheri
jason Lemon, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 July 2025
Former Paramount exec Gary Lucchesi, who oversaw the production of the original The Naked Gun movies in the 1990s, chaired the talk, having suggested the topic on the basis of his own desire to see comedies back on the big screen again.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 23 July 2025
The same money could be sent to HBCUs or any other university that does not discriminate on the basis of race, Velchik said.
—Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 21 July 2025
For instance, traffic-regulating traffic lights will illuminate only on the basis of the volume of cars waiting.
—Jeffrey Steele, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
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Mandy Taheri
jason Lemon, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 July 2025
Former Paramount exec Gary Lucchesi, who oversaw the production of the original The Naked Gun movies in the 1990s, chaired the talk, having suggested the topic on the basis of his own desire to see comedies back on the big screen again.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 23 July 2025
The same money could be sent to HBCUs or any other university that does not discriminate on the basis of race, Velchik said.
—Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 21 July 2025
For instance, traffic-regulating traffic lights will illuminate only on the basis of the volume of cars waiting.
—Jeffrey Steele, Forbes.com, 15 July 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 30 Jul. 2025.
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