staples

Example Sentences

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Many of us have been buying the same supermarket staples every week for years.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

Original Tommy’s is one of the few Southern California staples to remain regional, operating 32 locations in California and Nevada.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

“Everything that TV does, I’m going to do,” he says, citing television staples like color grading, sound mixing and custom titles.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

To meet customers where they are, brands aren’t necessarily doubling down on fiber-bomb staples like Kellogg’s All-Bran cereal, but rather looking to drinks and snacks.

From MarketWatch • May 10, 2026

For example, the Mediterranean crops that became Egypt’s staples require winter rains and seasonal variation in day length for their germination.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond