necessities

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These ranchers have also grappled with high costs for necessities like animal feed, pasture maintenance and farm labor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026

For some, that includes cutting back on other necessities such as food, budgeting strictly to afford half a tank of gas a week and rethinking side hustles such as food delivery service.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

Ideal sites needed reliable access to water and other necessities, along with landscape features that could help drive and contain bison herds.

From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026

For instance, the average cost of basic necessities for a married couple with kids, about one-fifth of U.S. households, is now more than $5,800 per month.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

My family had no money to spend on anything but necessities.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers