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- noun Plural form of
indispensable .
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Examples
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I purchased a host of indispensables from the tradespeople, and bought me such pleasures and diversions as befitted one who had long been denied.
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The book is has chapters on breakfast sweets, cookies, cakes, pies and tarts, spoon desserts, and what Dorie Greenspan calls indispensables for baking.
Parisian Apple Tartlet and Spotlight on Baking From My Home to Yours Kalyn Denny 2006
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The book is has chapters on breakfast sweets, cookies, cakes, pies and tarts, spoon desserts, and what Dorie Greenspan calls indispensables for baking.
Archive 2006-11-01 Kalyn Denny 2006
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It was the custom for a lady visitor to be accompanied to her room at night by one of these black, smiling "indispensables," who insisted so good naturedly on performing all offices - combing her hair, pulling off her slippers, etc. - that one had not the heart to refuse, although it would have been sometimes more agreeable to be left alone.
A girl's life in Virginia before the war, Letitia M Burwell 1895
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We all know Bouch is part of the "indispensables" in the team.
News24 Top Stories 2009
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* Crammed into the car along with the forks, knives, sheets, lamps, peanut butter, and other indispensables, * we fought rush-hour traffic and a wind so strong it sent us zigzagging into the future.
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* Crammed into the car along with the forks, knives, sheets, lamps, peanut butter, and other indispensables, * we fought rush-hour traffic and a wind so strong it sent us zigzagging into the future.
French Word-A-Day: 2007
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* Crammed into the car along with the forks, knives, sheets, lamps, peanut butter, and other indispensables, * we fought rush-hour traffic and a wind so strong it sent us zigzagging into the future.
French Word-A-Day: 2007
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Pubs provide a setting for some of life's indispensables, things like comradeship and the chance to study the foibles of one's fellow humans.
Hoist One Last Glass 2008
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M'en vais donc rajouter quelques onglets indispensables euh… une fois que j'aurai mangé, en tous cas.
Going Solo Venues, Open Stage, and Link Love — Climb to the Stars 2008
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