essentials
Example Sentences
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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
Consumers are dissatisfied with high price levels for essentials, like eggs at $4.50, rather than just the inflation rate.
From Barron's • May 27, 2026
The ITF defines abandonment as cases where shipowners walk away from crews, leaving them unpaid, stranded, and without essentials such as food, water or medical care.
From BBC • May 23, 2026
For a start, trusts don’t have the same cost-of-living challenges as people who pay for housing, food, transportation, education, childcare and other essentials.
From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026
Rose Hill mostly grew tobacco, which Momma and a couple of the bigger field hands would ride into town to trade for cloth and other essentials.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
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