basic amenities
plural noun
: things considered to be essential to make life easier and more pleasant
The government intends to provide the isolated town with basic amenities, such as roads, running water, and electricity.
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According to the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics, 63% of Nigerians now live in what is called multidimensional poverty — not only cash-poor but lacking access to basic amenities, with a high youth unemployment rate.
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ABC News, 31 May 2026
The feasibility study suggested adding trails and basic amenities, restoring the forest, and undertaking major stabilization work.
—Michael Wells, Kansas City Star, 27 May 2026
Each one-room cabin will have basic amenities and could cost the county between $12,000 and $19,000 to build.
—Hannah Elsmore, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2026
The soldiers had access to basic amenities and comforts.
—Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026
Russia regularly targets Ukraine’s capital with strikes, which have left thousands of buildings without heating and basic amenities during freezing temperatures.
—Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 24 Jan. 2026
Various parts of the community lacked basic amenities, such as streetlights and sewer lines, until the late 1990s.
—Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Dec. 2025
The United Nations as well as the National Commission on Correctional Health Care call for a limit of solitary confinement to fifteen days and require basic amenities and programs.
—Terry Kupers, Oc Register, 11 Oct. 2025
Survivors in the earthquake-prone region are scrambling for basic amenities as the United Nations and other agencies warn of a critical need for funds, food, medical supplies and shelter, with the World Health Organization seeking funds of $4 million.
—Mohammad Yunus Yawar, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
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ABC News, 31 May 2026
The feasibility study suggested adding trails and basic amenities, restoring the forest, and undertaking major stabilization work.
—Michael Wells, Kansas City Star, 27 May 2026
Each one-room cabin will have basic amenities and could cost the county between $12,000 and $19,000 to build.
—Hannah Elsmore, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2026
The soldiers had access to basic amenities and comforts.
—Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026
Russia regularly targets Ukraine’s capital with strikes, which have left thousands of buildings without heating and basic amenities during freezing temperatures.
—Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 24 Jan. 2026
Various parts of the community lacked basic amenities, such as streetlights and sewer lines, until the late 1990s.
—Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Dec. 2025
The United Nations as well as the National Commission on Correctional Health Care call for a limit of solitary confinement to fifteen days and require basic amenities and programs.
—Terry Kupers, Oc Register, 11 Oct. 2025
Survivors in the earthquake-prone region are scrambling for basic amenities as the United Nations and other agencies warn of a critical need for funds, food, medical supplies and shelter, with the World Health Organization seeking funds of $4 million.
—Mohammad Yunus Yawar, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Basic amenities.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/basic%20amenities. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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