staples

Example Sentences

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During periods of rising inflation, energy, consumer staples, and healthcare historically outperformed, while financials lagged by 11 percentage points.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

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

In a day or two, they’d be out of staples, and if she borrowed from Muff, she’d have to give an explanation.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez