as in weights
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 staples
Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Nov. 2025
This demand for everyday staples is echoed in the index’s hottest products list.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 5 Nov. 2025
Shoppers can now score major markdowns on household staples like the Shark Upright Vacuum which makes cleaning feel effortless and a Carote 17-piece Pots and Pans Set perfect for all the holiday cooking that’s ahead.
—Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
The online store has become a go-to spot for editors and shoppers to snag seasonal staples at reasonable prices, and the Pull-On Tencel Chambray Pants are no exception.
—Rachel Trujillo, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
Brandon Bell | Getty Images There might soon be a new giant in the consumer staples market.
—Josephine Rozzelle, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2025
Being lightweight and blendable, the blush easily mixes with other makeup bag staples, like the Rare Beauty Positive Light Liquid Luminizer, while also layering well under bronzer, powder blush, and similar products.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 4 Nov. 2025
Making a debut alongside signature staples are the Bacon Jam Grilled Cheese, Cookie Butter Cloud Latte, Berry Sangria Dunkin’ Refresher, Raspberry Striped Croissant and Ultimate Bacon Jam Breakfast Sandwich.
—Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
Cousins Maine Lobster is fast-casual restaurant with food trucks serving up seafood staples around the country.
—Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
Simply stretch the cloth over your plant and secure it with landscape staples so the cloth doesn’t blow away.
—Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Nov. 2025
This demand for everyday staples is echoed in the index’s hottest products list.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 5 Nov. 2025
Shoppers can now score major markdowns on household staples like the Shark Upright Vacuum which makes cleaning feel effortless and a Carote 17-piece Pots and Pans Set perfect for all the holiday cooking that’s ahead.
—Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
The online store has become a go-to spot for editors and shoppers to snag seasonal staples at reasonable prices, and the Pull-On Tencel Chambray Pants are no exception.
—Rachel Trujillo, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
Brandon Bell | Getty Images There might soon be a new giant in the consumer staples market.
—Josephine Rozzelle, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2025
Being lightweight and blendable, the blush easily mixes with other makeup bag staples, like the Rare Beauty Positive Light Liquid Luminizer, while also layering well under bronzer, powder blush, and similar products.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 4 Nov. 2025
Making a debut alongside signature staples are the Bacon Jam Grilled Cheese, Cookie Butter Cloud Latte, Berry Sangria Dunkin’ Refresher, Raspberry Striped Croissant and Ultimate Bacon Jam Breakfast Sandwich.
—Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
Cousins Maine Lobster is fast-casual restaurant with food trucks serving up seafood staples around the country.
—Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 28 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for staples
Noun
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Roser also recommends wearing these vests for moves where having weights in your hands is challenging, such as side lunges, side squats, and sumo squats.—
Jessie Quinn,
Flow Space,
7 Nov. 2025
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Honda will position batteries on the platform around the center of vehicles instead of at the rear, and adjust load-bearing for different vehicle weights using fewer unique parts.—
Daniel Leussink,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The carry handles each have a magnetic piece that then clips together to form a single bar to grasp.—
Adam Campbell-Schmitt,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
18 Sep. 2025
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For messing up, Martha clips Gabriel’s wings, forcing him to live life as a human, with a new casual wardrobe to match and a taste for fast food.—
Michael Rechtshaffen,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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During the final week, the crew worked nonstop for sixty hours in a heat wave that parched energy and drained our bodies.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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Meanwhile, the founder of Black Girls Pole and co-founder of SADA, a pole studio in Brooklyn, Dalijah, finds her home in helping Black women reconnect with their bodies through movement.—
Essence,
Essence,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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This is an adjustable graphics-card brace, and its screw tightens the part that clamps it to the slide.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
21 Oct. 2025
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Here, Lloyd clamps a muzzle — part fetish club, part Bane — over Lucky’s mouth while Pozzo pushes him in a wheelchair (the actor, Michael Patrick Thornton, uses a chair).—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This indicated that these sediment cores could indeed identify areas where human remains were located at a site, Meyer-Kaiser said.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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Stars form when massive clouds of frigid molecular gas begin to fragment and collapse, producing dense cores where stars begin to coalesce.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The law ties the amount to a statistic called the Payment Error Rate -- the official measure of accuracy -- whether states are giving recipients either too much, or too little, in food stamp money.—
James Sneed,
NPR,
31 Oct. 2025
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The moment was even more special as Swift herself was in the crowd to cheer on the tight end, who now ties Priest Holmes for the most regular-season TDs in the Chiefs’ history.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Eddy Cue, the Apple executive tasked with overseeing the company;’s burgeoning services business, appeared to shoot down both possibilities in an interview this week with Screen Internationalalongside Apple TV chiefs Jamie Erlicht and Zack Van Amburg.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Nov. 2025
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The two military chiefs took off from Osan Air Base and flew over Osan, Chuncheon, Daejeon and Camp Humphreys with two additional fighter jets and a South Korean E-7 airborne early warning and control aircraft, according to officially released footage.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Or are those simply screws Vrabel’s staff will tighten with more time and practice?—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Staples.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/staples. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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