meat and potatoes

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plural noun

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Recent Examples of meat-and-potatoes
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Miller fits the meat-and-potatoes vibe that the Rangers seem to be going for, and has shown a superstar ceiling in the past. Corey Pronman, The Athletic, 1 Feb. 2025 Voss, meanwhile, was finding that some of the foreign markets for action movies were collapsing, shrinking the budgets of his meat-and-potatoes genre fare. Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 17 Jan. 2025 The cake is rich, dense and deliciously spiced, and makes for a perfect finale to the meat-and-potatoes dinner. Sidney Steele, Kansas City Star, 2 Jan. 2025 O'Connell proposed a meat-and-potatoes spending plan that focused on infrastructure and building improvements. Nate Rau, Axios, 19 Dec. 2024 At a time when scientific process gets painted as voodoo in certain political circles, there’s a meat-and-potatoes satisfaction to watching a film that makes straightforward problem-solving seem heroic. Scott Tobias, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2024 The best way to describe the 2024 Los Angeles Rams draft: meat-and-potatoes picks. Jourdan Rodrigue, The Athletic, 27 Apr. 2024 Created by Ben Davies and Timothy Lee, Territory is boldly and unapologetically meat-and-potatoes television, in which everybody is gruff, sweaty and coated in a fine layer of dust, as if to reenforce the connection between these characters and the Top End. Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Oct. 2024 These meat-and-potatoes approaches — vaccination, access to treatment and clean air — may not be the most exciting tools. Saad B. Omer, The Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for meat-and-potatoes
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  • The basic spreadsheet jockeys are surprised—sad even—that the Fed may not be cutting rates at all this year.
    Brett Owens, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
  • Unlike many basic tees, this shirt retains its shape without sacrificing stretch thanks to Lycra fibers in its fabric.
    Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 23 Feb. 2025
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  • Under the proposal, the district would change the start and end times for elementary, middle and high school, add 15 minutes to the elementary day, increase math instruction time at the middle school level and change to a block schedule with longer class periods for middle and high school students.
    Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025
  • What's happening: Sixth grade will be reconfigured into the elementary buildings, while middle schools will focus on seventh and eighth grades.
    Linh Ta, Axios, 12 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Borrowers who can pay off their debt within a credit card’s introductory period often face an interest rate of 0%.
    Victor Rosario, Sacramento Bee, 20 Feb. 2025
  • New subscribers can take advantage of Sling’s standard offer of 50 percent off the first month and a $5 introductory rate for add-on subscriptions such as Paramount+ with Showtime (reg.
    Danielle Directo-Meston, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Feb. 2025
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  • The Boys from Syracuse), this very ’90s version of the classic fairytale features eye-popping costumes and sets, adorably rudimentary VFX, and a truly unbelievable cast (Brandy!
    Vogue, Vogue, 15 Feb. 2025
  • First signs of rudimentary Valentine notes began appearing much later, in the 1500s, according to Britannica.
    Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
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  • There are fundamental physics and technological reasons for that lack of laser drilling progress.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 23 Feb. 2025
  • All are fundamental attempts to make a club’s identity something that can be more easily swallowed and digested.
    Mark Critchley, The Athletic, 23 Feb. 2025

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“Meat-and-potatoes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meat-and-potatoes. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.

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