essentials
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People were missing work, and had been delinquent on repairs, and late on bills, calling in favors everywhere, even for the essentials.
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026
“The state has to act to make essentials affordable,” she said in an interview.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
The analysts based their findings on 12 questions, such as where someone should shop for the lowest grocery prices this week, where to get household essentials and where to could get the cheapest car battery.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
Diesel is used heavily by the haulage industry and in agriculture, meaning rises in the cost of the fuel feed through into essentials such as food.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
It takes cognitive toil and literary dexterity to pare an argument to its essentials, narrate it in an orderly sequence, and illustrate it with analogies that are both familiar and accurate.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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