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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The campground features basic amenities and closes each year from early November to mid-May.
Quartz Creek and Logging Creek Campgrounds
For fans of primitive camping, Quartz Creek and Logging Creek are two of the national park's smallest campgrounds, each one accessible only by narrow, dusty roads.
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Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 26 Jan. 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
Each one-room cabin would have basic amenities — a bed, an air conditioner, bookshelves and lighting — but no bathroom or cooking facilities.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Dec. 2025
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
Tens of thousands live in tin shacks, lacking basic amenities, such as coal for cooking and heating their homes.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 28 Aug. 2025
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Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 26 Jan. 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
Each one-room cabin would have basic amenities — a bed, an air conditioner, bookshelves and lighting — but no bathroom or cooking facilities.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Dec. 2025
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
Tens of thousands live in tin shacks, lacking basic amenities, such as coal for cooking and heating their homes.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 28 Aug. 2025
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“Basic amenities.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/basic%20amenities. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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