as in bulk
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 staple
Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 30 May 2025
Saving Nora requires building her a new aorta and a stapling procedure that goes against everything Teddy knows about heart surgery.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 16 May 2025
Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 30 July 2025
Koppa’s sandwiches were a staple in my early twentysomething diet.
—Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 29 July 2025
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Noun
Also on tap are new seasons of The Bear, The Buccaneers, The Gilded Age, Ginny & Georgia and Squid Game (which is ending after three seasons), as well as summertime staples American Ninja Warrior and Love Island.
—Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 30 May 2025
Saving Nora requires building her a new aorta and a stapling procedure that goes against everything Teddy knows about heart surgery.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 16 May 2025
Verb
This week: Happy Gilmore 2 helps out a bunch of old classic rock staples, a tour-closing Destiny’s Child reunion leads to gains for some DC classics and HBO and pop icons collide in one of the biggest TV soundtrack moments of the year.
—Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 30 July 2025
Koppa’s sandwiches were a staple in my early twentysomething diet.
—Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 29 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for staple
Noun
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Adding bulk to his pre-existing athleticism is the next step in his physical development.—
Tony East,
Forbes.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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These data brokers sell personal data in bulk to other businesses.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
28 July 2025
Verb
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Rubin acknowledged the departure from the level of rigor to which the FDA usually adheres.—
Katia Riddle,
NPR,
25 July 2025
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That meant maps adhering as closely as possible to the maps that Republicans instituted in 2011.—
David Mark,
The Washington Examiner,
30 May 2025
Noun
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We’d be better served, however, by understanding that at the core, both of these are fueled by and lead to dehumanization.—
Virgie Tovar,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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The key has been the gradual introduction of a new generation around the experienced core to supplement their talents with pace and vivacity.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
22 July 2025
Verb
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One of those sticking points has been a mammoth bond issue that is being pitched to voters in the November election.—
John Aguilar,
Denver Post,
22 July 2025
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Thompson will need to prove the most in this area to stick, as well.—
Joe Buscaglia,
New York Times,
11 July 2025
Noun
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Despite the number of fouls she's drawn and the physical beating Clark's body has taken this season, Englebert applauded the Iowa alum for how she's taken everything in stride.—
Michael Gallagher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Aug. 2025
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More body parts that were later found to belong to Robinson began turning up elsewhere in the days and weeks that followed in the Milwaukee area and washed up on the shores of Lake Michigan in Waukegan, Illinois.—
Chris Ramirez,
jsonline.com,
1 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Often, that type of production on a bad team (which the Sixers were at the time due to a plethora of injuries) would be tied to middling efficiency, but that wasn't the case with Grimes.—
Morten Stig Jensen,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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With a magnitude of 8.8, it is tied for sixth place with the great Chilean quake of 2010, and the Colombia-Ecuador temblor of 1906.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
30 July 2025
Noun
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In past seasons, the weight of Toronto’s run-scoring success fell squarely on Guerrero’s shoulders — a power dip like this would’ve sunk the entire team.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
25 July 2025
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But in the enterprise, that model collapses under its own weight.—
Padraic O'Reilly,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
Noun
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Trump carried Florida easily even though Amendment 4 got majority support.—
Miami Herald Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
2 Aug. 2025
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In total, 635 inmates are held at Federal Prison Camp Bryan, the vast majority of which are women convicted of nonviolent offenses, according to the facility's official website.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Aug. 2025
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“Staple.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/staple. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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