staple

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The department says the regulation “doubles the requirement of available foods” and “eliminates loopholes that for too long have allowed retailers to count certain snack foods toward their staple food requirements.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

It’s a curious trend considering Cannes premieres have become a staple at the Academy Awards and three 2025 selections were nominated for best picture this calendar year.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

Pasta and tinned goods, she tells us, have become a key staple for the roughly 2,000 remaining population.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

Anchovies, the kind that are generously soaked in olive oil and neatly packed inside handheld tins, are a pantry staple in my apartment kitchen year-round.

From Salon • May 1, 2026

Not enough for a real book until I cut each page into a small square staple the squares together, write one poem on each page.

From "Brown Girl Dreaming" by Jacqueline Woodson