foodstuffs

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Government vouchers lift income to $150 a month but that still falls far short of the amount a family needs to buy basic foodstuffs -- $645, according to private estimates.

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026

Plans for higher tariffs on furniture, for example, have already been postponed, while levies on some imported foodstuffs have been reconsidered.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

Moscow is also targeting a critical export route to south Ukraine, where trains packed with grain and other foodstuffs service ports on the Black Sea.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025

He slashed tariffs on imported foodstuffs such as bananas, despite the uncomfortable message that sends about what the other tariffs might be doing to prices.

From Barron's • Nov. 21, 2025

Perhaps the space under it had originally been a store for perishable foodstuffs, but at least once before it had also been used as a hiding place.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke