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daily bread

NOUN

board

Synonyms

STRONG

eats fare food keep mess provisions victuals

NOUN

bread and butter

Synonyms

WEAK

bread keep livelihood living means meat staff of life support sustenance

NOUN

diet

Synonyms

STRONG

aliment bite comestibles commons edibles fare goodies menu nourishment nutriment nutrition provisions rations snack subsistence sustenance viands victuals

WEAK

grubbery

Antonyms

STRONG

deprivation starvation

WEAK

indulgence

NOUN

staff of life

Synonyms

WEAK

bread bread and butter meat necessary food pain pane staple staple food

NOUN

sustenance

Synonyms

STRONGEST

livelihood nourishment nutrition subsistence

STRONG

aid aliment bacon bread comestible eatables edibles food keep maintenance pap provender provision ration refreshment salt support victual wherewithal

WEAK

bread and butter

Antonyms

STRONGEST

deprivation starvation

WEAK

extras

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Turkel’s book stressed that work was a search for daily meaning as well as daily bread.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 17, 2026

Leo cited in particular "Ukraine, Gaza, Haiti, Afghanistan, Mali, the Central African Republic, Yemen and South Sudan", among other countries "where poverty has become the daily bread".

From Barron's • Oct. 16, 2025

And that was a shock to him, because while he occasionally saw his mom light up, “it wasn’t our daily bread at all.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2023

"This is my whole life. It's my daily bread."

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2022

Throughout those days, while we scratched and haggled for our daily bread, I had a photograph of President Eisenhower for company in my kitchen house.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

daily bread

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