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• Any area of the building, including any sunken room or sunken portion of a room, having its floor below ground level (subgrade) on all sides.

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  American Psychological Association (APA)

  Basement. (n.d.). National Flood Insurance Glossary. Retrieved April 1, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/basement.

  Chicago Manual of Style (CMS)

  Basement. National Flood Insurance Glossary. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/basement (accessed: April 1, 2023).

  Modern Language Association (MLA)

  "Basement." National Flood Insurance Glossary. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). 1 April. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/basement.

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