staple diet
noun
: the food or foods that a person or animal eats most often
Environmental changes are depriving the birds of the insects that form their staple diet.
—often used figurativelyI grew up on a staple diet of cartoons and comic books.
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Writer Gustavo Arellano has written about how the staple diet of beans led to a slur against Mexicans.
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“Staple diet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/staple%20diet. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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