staple
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Footballers have also become a regular staple in fashion weeks.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
Three staple crops – corn, wheat and rice – supply more than half of the world’s dietary calories.
From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026
Inside the convenience store, patrons chatted cheerfully as they waited for the shrimp fried rice and fish strips that make Food N’ Geaux a neighborhood staple.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
A longtime staple in men’s luxury streetwear, this month Fear of God debuts its first womenswear line for Collection Nine.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 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
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