staple
Example Sentences
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For the first nine days, it is simple and largely vegetarian - sweet flatbread, lentils and potato curry among the staples.
From BBC
It’s a pop-culture staple; the production itself wasn’t a huge hit when it first launched on Broadway, but its album rose to the top of the Billboard charts in 1971.
From Salon
I’m talking about raita, a South Asian staple that’s part sauce, side dish, dip and marinade.
From Salon
The humble filled egg is just one of many Easter staples on the shelves that seem to be branching out into all sorts of flavours.
From BBC
But equities have already been falling for weeks as uncertainty about the war drags on, hitting consumer staples and industrial companies particularly hard.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
