necessities

Example Sentences

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They tend to have bargaining power with suppliers, sell necessities and are seen as value destinations.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Baby2Baby is a national nonprofit based in California that provides clothing and other basic necessities to children.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

Prices have been steadily rising, making paying for basic necessities a challenge, with anything but immediate needs put off.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

What you need is your core budget of necessities: housing, utilities, health insurance, food and transportation.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

The long, airless tunnel that stretched to a pinpoint before them brought home forcefully to Powell the exact magnitude of the task accomplished by the First Expedition, with their crude robots and their start-from-scratch necessities.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov