as in bulk
the main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts
reading is the very staple of a person's education
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Recent Examples of staple
Oisín Hanrahan, Fortune, 28 Jan. 2026
Highlighter is back, and this is your sign to add the glowy skin staple to your makeup bag.
—Reece Andavolgyi, InStyle, 28 Jan. 2026
Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2025
She’s also animated with a constantly drooping face that must be regularly stapled back up by a team.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2025
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Noun
Private label brands run by retailers—Target’s Good & Gather, Whole Foods’ 365, or Walmart’s Great Value—often moved slowest, happy to focus on tried-and-true staples.
—Oisín Hanrahan, Fortune, 28 Jan. 2026
Highlighter is back, and this is your sign to add the glowy skin staple to your makeup bag.
—Reece Andavolgyi, InStyle, 28 Jan. 2026
Verb
To recreate the rickety window dressing, construct a frame of white lattice strips, cut boards from veneer paneling, then staple them at angles into the frame.
—Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2025
She’s also animated with a constantly drooping face that must be regularly stapled back up by a team.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for staple
Noun
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The complaint alleges that the companies added high fees at checkout, allowed brokers to bypass purchase limits to buy in bulk and accuses them, by allowing brokers to resell tickets on their platform at inflated prices, of making nearly $1 billion in fees over five years.—
Kevin Dolak,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Jan. 2026
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Both jean styles feature a pull-on, no zipper design and have faux front pockets and functional back pockets to minimize bulk.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
27 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Dredge in breadcrumbs, pressing to adhere and shaking off excess.—
Chris Morocco,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Before its sale, the bottle was reconditioned at the distillery; that bespoke label was re-adhered and the cork and capsule of the bottle replaced.—
Brad Japhe,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Mobile units have core tasks of license plate collection and vehicle pattern tracking.—
Asra Q. Nomani , Alba Cuebas-Fantauzzi,
FOXNews.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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The birth of Endeavor startled Hollywood, but Endeavor’s subsequent takeover of powerhouse William Morris shook the town to its core.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
29 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Twin looked down the rare building alleys, stuck her hand in sandboxes, found combs with missing teeth, unopened letters from Child Services.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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Rather than feeling stuck between silence and overstatement, the most effective leaders are taking a more intentional approach.—
Teresa Hopke,
Forbes.com,
28 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Together, the three systems enable continuous, adaptive whole-body autonomy — allowing humanoid robots to walk, carry, reach, and recover in real time.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Jan. 2026
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It’s designed to be biocompatible—not harmful to living tissue—though, and to stay in the body for as long as a decade and be reversible at any time with a sodium bicarbonate injection.—
Ana Castelain,
Bloomberg,
28 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Xavier Booker tied a season-high with eight boards.—
Aaron Heisen,
Daily News,
25 Jan. 2026
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Companies operating in sectors tied to land, water, minerals, and security often sit directly on fault lines where rights claims and economic goals collide.—
Monica Sanders,
Forbes.com,
25 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Therefore, the outcome against Brentford carried even more weight in the context of the day’s earlier results.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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The ones who are buying in are bullish enough to invoke the GLP-1 weight-loss drug boom.—
Ana Castelain,
Bloomberg,
28 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Basically, our government helped the rich get richer while working families got screwed.—
Ana María Archila,
New York Daily News,
30 Jan. 2026
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There are other complications, of course — typical Marvel stuff — but even without them, Simon is still screwed.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Staple.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/staple. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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