most basic
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Saunders said consumers have more flexibility in managing their budgets for clothing than they do for the most basic necessities, like food.
From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026
Without it, the body would struggle to perform one of its most basic functions: breaking down proteins into the building blocks it needs to survive.
From Barron's • May 5, 2026
At the most basic level, computer memory stores information as 0s and 1s by controlling how easily electricity can pass through a material.
From Science Daily • May 3, 2026
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun called the killings a "brazen crime" that broke the "most basic rules" of international law by targeting reporters, "who are ultimately civilians performing a professional duty".
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
Yet, for some reason, that most basic human ability deserted those officers that night.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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