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
Emily Price, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Chicago post-rock staples Tortoise are back with their first new album in nine years.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 9 Sep. 2025
But most of the 10 items on the ingredient list are pantry or fridge staples, meaning this dessert is truly the perfect anytime type of treat.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2025
Sabrina Carpenter’s showgirl twist Sabrina Carpenter has made halter necks and strapless gowns her red-carpet staples of late.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
Shopping for a new season can be overwhelming, especially if your closet is in dire need of transitional staples.
—Rachel Trujillo, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Versluis used scars, staples and twisted skin with hair coming out of it.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
These staples are made for traveling light, mixing and matching, and actually enjoying your fall plans without stressing over what to wear.
—Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 3 Sep. 2025
Icon Cotton Stretch, Intense Power and Microfiber Stretch lines incorporate these advancements, positioning the products as functional staples for both sport and leisure.
—Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
Its 12, 15, and 18 year olds are staples among sherried Scotch fans, while older age statements — like the Grandeur series and now these new 30- and 40-Year-Olds — showcase just how far the style can go.
—Emily Price, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Chicago post-rock staples Tortoise are back with their first new album in nine years.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 9 Sep. 2025
But most of the 10 items on the ingredient list are pantry or fridge staples, meaning this dessert is truly the perfect anytime type of treat.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2025
Sabrina Carpenter’s showgirl twist Sabrina Carpenter has made halter necks and strapless gowns her red-carpet staples of late.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
Shopping for a new season can be overwhelming, especially if your closet is in dire need of transitional staples.
—Rachel Trujillo, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Versluis used scars, staples and twisted skin with hair coming out of it.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
These staples are made for traveling light, mixing and matching, and actually enjoying your fall plans without stressing over what to wear.
—Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 3 Sep. 2025
Icon Cotton Stretch, Intense Power and Microfiber Stretch lines incorporate these advancements, positioning the products as functional staples for both sport and leisure.
—Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for staples
Noun
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With the weights positioned in front of you together, bring your arms out to the side towards the ceiling.—
Jakob Roze,
Health,
8 Sep. 2025
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The classes themselves, with their elegant movements and light weights, are descendants of those acceptable feminine exercises of yore — think of the long tennis skirt swapped for leggings and a cute sports bra.—
Leah Asmelash,
CNN Money,
7 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The latter happens when a ball clips the net before dropping in play.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
3 Sep. 2019
Noun
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Rewriting burial history In the new paper, Berger’s team explained that the bodies became encased in sediment shortly after entering the cave system in at least three locations.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Sep. 2025
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Tongue-in-cheek elements stand out at the heart of the store, including a sofa embroidered to depict life-sized silhouettes of three nude bodies.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Unlike legacy von Neumann architectures that have different resources available for different types of workloads, compute-in-memory designs offer more homogenous cores that can achieve higher utilization across broader workload types.—
Lee-Lean Shu,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Researchers from the Prakash Lab and the lab of Kevin Arrigo, professor of Earth system science, extracted ice cores from 12 stations and used a suite of microscopes developed by the Prakash Lab to image inside the ice.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The plan also ties Musk's compensation to the mass production of autonomous robotaxis and humanoid robots, technologies Tesla believes could redefine both transportation and labor.—
Theo Burman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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Pete escapes into the snowy woods, but Lambert tracks him down and ties him up.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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However, he is ebuffed at every turn by his fellow chiefs, most notably Kamehameha I (Kaina Makua), who later becomes the conqueror and first ruler of the Kingdom of Hawai’i.—
Max Gao,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Sep. 2025
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British and French army chiefs were to brief the leaders on Thursday, according to an outline sent to attendees.—
John Irish,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Sly jokes and cute cameos sprinkle the rest of the film like holy water, and Wan himself even appears in a pleasantly pandering concluding scene that nails the spirit of fan service.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
7 Sep. 2025
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While Jones and Robinson are fine in the leads — Robinson particularly nails Charlie’s ever-evolving combination of sweet and prickly — they aren’t given the space to relax into their chemistry, let alone to show us who these characters are beyond two sets of clashing personality traits.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Taylor is Connor, a jokester and tough young Westie soldier who sticks close to Roarke to survive in Hell’s Kitchen.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
9 Sep. 2025
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As Prater raises his weapon to fire at Dexter, Harrison sticks the syringe deep inside his chest.—
Nick Caruso,
TVLine,
5 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Staples.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/staples. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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