bare essentials
plural noun
: the things that are absolutely necessary
We only had enough room to pack the bare essentials.
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We were born less than six months apart, and my mother passed down to her everything that once belonged to me, relieved, when our move to America was official, to have to pack only the bare essentials.
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Jhumpa Lahiri, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
Start with ten minutes to outline the bare essentials of your vacation (e.g., destination, dates).
—Lieke Ten Brummelhuis, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
Could this change in spending from non-essential items to more essential ones mean a realignment away from impulsive internet purchases and toward more bare essentials?
—Roger Valdez, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
His daily existence has shrunk dramatically from designing buildings as an architect to occupying a 60-square-foot cell equipped with only the bare essentials: a bunk, toilet, sink, and plastic mirror.
—Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 31 Mar. 2025
The interior of the house has an atmosphere like that of a log cabin where wood is the main element and everything is reduced to the bare essentials.
—María Noval-Quílez, Architectural Digest, 30 Mar. 2025
After a cascading series of controversies that have sniped at Snow White almost from the moment the project was announced in 2021, the House of Mouse is scaling back the movie’s premiere to just bare essentials.
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2025
The Silvia Pro pares away everything but the bare essentials, so there’s nothing standing between you and the perfect extraction but yourself.
—Jaina Grey, WIRED, 7 Oct. 2021
As the name suggests, minimalist photography focuses on the art of stripping back your subjects to the bare essentials.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 7 Sep. 2024
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Jhumpa Lahiri, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
Start with ten minutes to outline the bare essentials of your vacation (e.g., destination, dates).
—Lieke Ten Brummelhuis, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
Could this change in spending from non-essential items to more essential ones mean a realignment away from impulsive internet purchases and toward more bare essentials?
—Roger Valdez, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
His daily existence has shrunk dramatically from designing buildings as an architect to occupying a 60-square-foot cell equipped with only the bare essentials: a bunk, toilet, sink, and plastic mirror.
—Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 31 Mar. 2025
The interior of the house has an atmosphere like that of a log cabin where wood is the main element and everything is reduced to the bare essentials.
—María Noval-Quílez, Architectural Digest, 30 Mar. 2025
After a cascading series of controversies that have sniped at Snow White almost from the moment the project was announced in 2021, the House of Mouse is scaling back the movie’s premiere to just bare essentials.
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2025
The Silvia Pro pares away everything but the bare essentials, so there’s nothing standing between you and the perfect extraction but yourself.
—Jaina Grey, WIRED, 7 Oct. 2021
As the name suggests, minimalist photography focuses on the art of stripping back your subjects to the bare essentials.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 7 Sep. 2024
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“Bare essentials.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bare%20essentials. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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