- plural of essential.
essentials
Example Sentences
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The image showed the bag — complete with a luggage tag resembling a ranch dressing bottle — placed in an airport security screening bin along with other travel essentials.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2026
For a couple spending $120,000 a year in retirement, for example, essentials might take up $70,000.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
She said the cost of living crisis was also having an impact, as concerns grow about the cost of everyday essentials such as milk, bread and eggs.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
The retailer pointed to a promotion where it is offering burgers, hot dogs, buns and all the other essentials for a cookout that feeds eight people for under $5 a person.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
They had their own hootch at the edge of the perimeter, fortified with sandbags and a metal fence, and except for the bare essentials they avoided contact with the medical detachment.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
