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"the bare necessities" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to talk about the absolute essentials for something, for example: "When studying for an exam, I try to focus on the bare necessities so I don't get overwhelmed."
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To do this, Amazon is building its tablet with the bare necessities inside.
They contain the bare necessities of life – a bed, a table, a chair, a simple bathroom.
"We have to focus all of our dollars on the bare necessities," Ms. King said.
Mr. Miner described the governor as a frugal traveler who only needs "the bare necessities".
Their children were sent out to work to help pay for the bare necessities.
It must inspire without exceeding the bare necessities of the contemplative life.
Personally, I'd much rather see the Bare Necessities as our national anthem.
There's more to poverty than lacking the bare necessities, he argued.
As a newly single mother making just enough to cover the bare necessities, she did not have money to move.
The average small or middling estate yielded only the bare necessities for the survival of the serviceman's family.
Only the Korean grocers, who stayed open, provided the bare necessities like water and batteries for nervous New Yorkers.
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