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staple

[stey-puhl] / ˈsteɪ pəl /


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Beyond the four staple items the first minister has identified, we don't know what food products he has in mind.

From BBC Sep. 7, 2026

This luxury product, believed by those in the industry to melt more slowly than regular blocks, is a staple of Japan's cocktail culture.

From Barron's Sep. 6, 2026

She also wrote that “Chicken Shop Date” has been her “very own romcom” and also reflected on the show’s journey which has made her a staple on the awards circuit.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

While sweetcorn is already a staple in South East Asian and Latin American puddings, it has largely been relegated to sandwich fillings and pizza toppings in the UK.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

Sometimes I stop to pull out a bent one and neatly stack the pages again to staple them just right.

From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari

One problem was that her well-organized husband had stapled many invoices and other documents together.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 19, 2026

In contrast, a running joke about the Donald obsessing about his hair has a fun, if gleefully nasty payoff in an episode involving Trump getting his head surgically stapled to impede his male pattern baldness.

From Salon Nov. 10, 2024

“Crypto dot com Arena? Staples Center is so stapled to my brain that I can’t call it anything else.”

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 6, 2024

Now it has emerged that other patients who had their rectum stapled are also being written to.

From BBC Sep. 11, 2023

Next to him, the stapled pages of the story I’d promised to read him fluttered in the breeze.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

Iona is perched on a table by a windowsill, stapling albums to the ceiling as decor to liven up the record store she runs — not that the place needs much livening-up, considering Iona’s look.

From Salon Feb. 28, 2026

Through a technique known as peptide stapling, the research team modified the B-chain of relaxin-3, replacing blocks of amino acids within them with artificial ones that introduce 'chemical bridges' between them.

From Science Daily Feb. 20, 2024

Eventually, at Mario’s suggestion, they put out an issue on their own, borrowing money from another brother to print it, folding and stapling the copies themselves.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 7, 2022

More than a hundred Seattle educators gathered on Labor Day at Judkins Park, stapling and taping signs to wooden pickets in preparation for a potential strike.

From Seattle Times Sep. 5, 2022

She was stapling some mimeographed sheets of paper together.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger




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