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necessities

noun as in supplies

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At first, the doctors write, the villagers were “fearful and agitated,” lacking the basic necessities needed to survive.

“It was this idea of prayer, and one of the necessities of the prayer pose being the blindfold,” he explained.

“The government is stuck between [strategic] necessities and its social/political aims,” he said.

Each month, he receives ¥300 ($50) in welfare payments, an amount insufficient to cover the bare necessities.

At the margins, that means more people are able to pay for the necessities of life with their incomes.

He, who knows the dangers and necessities we were in, will appreciate the joy we felt and that we feel at its arrival.

Wasnt it wickedseeminglythat one should have so much money, while another needed the very necessities of life?

Meanwhile, the judicious establishment of free soup kitchens in the streets alleviated the necessities of the mob.

Surely a third class passenger is entitled at least to the bare necessities of life.

Its folds are ample, to remind us that all who have recourse to her find a secure refuge in all dangers and necessities.

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On this page you'll find 108 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to necessities, such as: aliment, comestibles, diet, fare, feed, and grub.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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