staple
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Quantum mania has become a staple of the tech sector, dismissed by some as irrational exuberance.
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
Three-man forward lines have been a staple tactic throughout the history of football.
From BBC • May 6, 2026
Anchovies, the kind that are generously soaked in olive oil and neatly packed inside handheld tins, are a pantry staple in my apartment kitchen year-round.
From Salon • May 1, 2026
In the 1930s, Freon made the domestic refrigerator a staple of the American middle-class kitchen.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
I led my dogs to it Holding onto their collars with one hand, I worked a rusty barbed wire backwards and forwards against a staple until it broke.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
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