staple food
Example Sentences
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Latiao were created in Pingjiang in 1998 as an emergency staple food, after devastating floods wiped out the local soybean crop.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
The department says the regulation “doubles the requirement of available foods” and “eliminates loopholes that for too long have allowed retailers to count certain snack foods toward their staple food requirements.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
During that period, turmoil in financial markets caused rice prices to surge dramatically in Indonesia, where rice is the primary staple food.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 15, 2026
When last we discussed eggs, in January, the staple food was growing scarce and expensive.
From Slate ● Feb. 20, 2025
Why only a handful of maize cobs in the whole site, when maize, at least for the elite, was a staple food?
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
