essentials
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Economist Milward Tobias warned that the lack of supply threatened food security by disrupting the delivery of fertiliser and other essentials to farmers in the largely agricultural economy.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
This adds more pressure to inflation-squeezed consumers who are already increasingly relying on credit cards, raiding their emergency savings accounts and turning to buy-now-pay-later loans to afford essentials like groceries and gas.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
Some Airbnb hosts are threatening to quit the platform, raise their housekeeping fees or pare their rental properties down to the bare essentials rather than accept new restrictions on checkout chores.
From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026
People were missing work, and had been delinquent on repairs, and late on bills, calling in favors everywhere, even for the essentials.
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026
The money I earned in Kilvin’s shop was spent on essentials: ink, soap, lute strings ... the only other thing I could afford was pride.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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