basics

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Demand for more discretionary goods has also suffered over the past four years, with higher prices steering more shoppers toward basics like groceries.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

Outside, migrant women, some with children, left carrying plastic bags filled with basics such as bread and toothpaste.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

First, you have to learn about the basics: the ingredients and techniques necessary to produce a pie.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

"Let's get this country functioning again, let's get the basics right for people," he continued.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

By sum- mer he’d learned the basics of the uranium bomb.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin