necessities

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Ideal sites needed reliable access to water and other necessities, along with landscape features that could help drive and contain bison herds.

From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026

Rather than using the loans to invest in small businesses, many borrowers spend the money on medical expenses and other necessities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

For instance, the average cost of basic necessities for a married couple with kids, about one-fifth of U.S. households, is now more than $5,800 per month.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

The routines Banda's residents have developed - starting work before sunrise, retreating indoors at midday, seeking shade wherever they can find it - are increasingly becoming necessities rather than adaptations.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Could she reasonably hope to support a child, and provide all its necessities, on that income?

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng