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
Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
Stock up your vanity with these staples, or get a jump-start on holiday shopping while deals last.
—Clara McMahon, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
Also, he did not get used much in motion or through off-ball movement, two staples of Brown's offense.
—Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
With a neutral and transitional color palette, Culpo designed women’s and men’s pieces that balance cozy layers, sleek staples and elevated silhouettes.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2025
To that end, naturally occurring oils and waters are staples for beauty on both a hoodoo’s vanity and in their kitchens!
—Essence, 21 Oct. 2025
Costco sells fresh and packaged foods, household and pharmacy staples, electronics, furniture, and clothing, from both name brands and Kirkland Signature, the company’s private label, which appears on everything from golf clubs to gasoline.
—Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
One of the things that worked so nicely about these tour-opening shows is that the concerts felt like greatest-hits sets, but actually weren’t, at least in terms of completely reiterating surefire tour staples of the past.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 20 Oct. 2025
The warehouse store, known for its price savvy staples, is also excellent at rolling out new and returning seasonal favorites to delight their warehouse club members.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
Coming soon These two Brickell mall staples are reopening with new expansions in November.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
Stock up your vanity with these staples, or get a jump-start on holiday shopping while deals last.
—Clara McMahon, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
Also, he did not get used much in motion or through off-ball movement, two staples of Brown's offense.
—Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
With a neutral and transitional color palette, Culpo designed women’s and men’s pieces that balance cozy layers, sleek staples and elevated silhouettes.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2025
To that end, naturally occurring oils and waters are staples for beauty on both a hoodoo’s vanity and in their kitchens!
—Essence, 21 Oct. 2025
Costco sells fresh and packaged foods, household and pharmacy staples, electronics, furniture, and clothing, from both name brands and Kirkland Signature, the company’s private label, which appears on everything from golf clubs to gasoline.
—Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
One of the things that worked so nicely about these tour-opening shows is that the concerts felt like greatest-hits sets, but actually weren’t, at least in terms of completely reiterating surefire tour staples of the past.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 20 Oct. 2025
The warehouse store, known for its price savvy staples, is also excellent at rolling out new and returning seasonal favorites to delight their warehouse club members.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for staples
Noun
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Many kitchen stores sell pie weights, oven-safe ceramic or metal balls that are used for this purpose.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
25 Oct. 2025
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These items were then given individual weights for their effect on the total score.—
Jordan Green,
Nashville Tennessean,
22 Oct. 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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Any surviving gas giant planets could be responsible, with multi-planet interactions having possibly gradually destabilized orbits of smaller bodies over billions of years.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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There’s still plenty of time before Oscar nominations are announced — or before any major awards bodies weigh in.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
24 Oct. 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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Moisture helps break up soil cores and promotes turf recovery after aeration.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
22 Oct. 2025
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Redevelopment in city cores will be costly, dangerous and prolonged.—
Shelly Culbertson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Other than Valak appearing in both The Conjuring 2 and The Nun, there’s no apparent link between the two movies — but in The Nun’s sequel, a plot point emerges that ties the movies together.—
Julie Tremaine,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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The book also ties Pennywise’s origins to Derry’s original Native American population in a colonial allegory.—
Andrew McGowan,
Variety,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Townes-Whitley was one of three Black female Fortune 500 chiefs.—
Emma Hinchliffe,
Fortune,
24 Oct. 2025
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In 1495 Columbus retaliated by assailing Taíno villages and capturing chiefs.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 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 30 Oct. 2025.
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