staples
Example Sentences
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Industry officials have warned that attempts to label ultraprocessed foods would raise grocery prices for Americans and potentially label household staples, such as chicken breasts, that are washed with chemicals as ultraprocessed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Airlines, software companies and homebuilders rose, while consumer staples and energy companies lost ground.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
But even here there is a fly in the ointment, since consumer staples is a defensive sector that tends to produce its best relative performance when the market is about to decline.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
Eastside Girls, meanwhile, is a tender depiction of Muna's neighbourhood, lovingly lampooning the staples of LA hipster culture – astrology, polyamory, roommate dramas and "negronis with the nice gin".
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
But ’stead of bolting them down, he hammered more of the staples onto ’em.
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
