staple
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While beef burgers are a Memorial Day cookout staple for many, there are more affordable options such as hot dogs, turkey burgers and chicken.
From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026
A staple of his stump speech is an impersonation of the president.
From Slate • May 19, 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
Malaysia is resorting to cloud seeding to bring much-needed rain to the country's "rice bowl" north, where a drought has delayed planting of the staple crop and raised supply fears.
From Barron's • May 8, 2026
I staple together some paper to make a journal where tomorrow my group and I can track the plants and animals we see, but I don’t get any farther than that.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
Vocabulary lists containing staple
This Week in Words: February 19 - 23, 2018
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