- plural of necessity.
necessities
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For many working households, prices of necessities have risen even faster.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
"I still need to buy vegetables, stock up on food, purchase school supplies, and take care of other necessities," she explains.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
For this couple, like those featured in other such explorations, most of this spending is on items that result from choices, not necessities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
Along with everyday necessities for the astronauts, Dragon brought an unusual collection of scientific experiments that could help researchers develop new medical treatments and better understand how materials behave in space.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
After Mom and I finished putting away my suitcase of bare necessities, she said to me, “Why don’t you go out and explore, honey?”
From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling
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