staples
Example Sentences
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Many staples companies have been squeezed between rising costs and pricing pressures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
She added that she is noticing "people are willing to spend a little bit more" on wardrobe staples and items that "wash well and are made of cotton, not acrylic or polyester".
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Over seven decades, the American discount chain built a 21,000-store juggernaut on a simple formula: Go where Walmart won’t, keep stores bare-bones and sell cheap staples to people stretching their paychecks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
The list of stocks skews toward energy — just as energy trader Arnold’s portfolio relies on those stocks as a geopolitical hedge — but also includes utilities and staples.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
Foods that humans cannot digest in their natural forms—such as wheat, rice and potatoes—became staples of our diet thanks to cooking.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
