meat and potatoes

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plural noun

Examples of meat-and-potatoes in a Sentence

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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 Other offerings include Versus mode, which is the standard local PvP deal, allowing players able to select from the huge roster of 32 characters for meat-and-potatoes brawls. Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2024 That is, the Biden Justice Department’s special counsel ignored the prudential meat-and-potatoes guidance. Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 13 Jan. 2024 It’s populated with meat-and-potatoes, blood, sweat and tears working actors who are very respected. Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2023 Often humanities are still considered less valuable than the meat-and-potatoes of basic and clinical sciences. Isabella Cueto, STAT, 30 Aug. 2023 There’s a place for what amounts to meat-and-potatoes TV, even in the prestige-conscious streaming world. Brian Lowry, CNN, 21 July 2023 In an hour and a quarter, the artist and his backing band, an ever-reliable collective called The Food Stamps, traveled through gospel, bluegrass standards, originals and straight-fire, meat-and-potatoes country music. Diana Leyva, USA TODAY, 19 June 2023

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Thesaurus Entries Near meat-and-potatoes

meat

meat-and-potatoes

meat and potatoes

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“Meat-and-potatoes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meat-and-potatoes. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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