basic need

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A fundamental requirement for survival, such as food, water, or shelter.

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  • Access to clean water is a basic need for all human beings.
  • The charity provides for the basic needs of refugees, including food and medicine.
  • Beyond food and shelter, a sense of security is also a basic human need.
  • Meeting their basic needs was the government's top priority after the disaster.
  • Psychologists argue that belonging is a basic need, just as important as physical ones.
  • After losing his job, he struggled to cover even his family's most basic needs.
  • For early humans, finding shelter was a basic need for survival.
  • We must ensure that every child's basic needs are met.
  • A smartphone is a want, not a basic need.
  • Education is increasingly seen as a basic need for thriving in the modern world.