perishable
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Perishable items like cookies and crackers should be wrapped in plastic and stored in sealed containers.
From Salon • Oct. 10, 2024
Perishable food is shared with office staff and visitors.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 14, 2023
Perishable food — meat, poultry, fish, eggs and leftovers — held at temperatures higher than 40 degrees for more than two hours should be discarded, according to the USDA.
From Washington Post • Dec. 5, 2022
Initially, the new system collapsed: Perishable goods got stuck at ports, retailers discovered their supply chains were obsolete and trucking companies stopped delivering to the whole island of Ireland.
From New York Times • Dec. 29, 2021
Perishable goods, as, for example, many fruits and vegetables, have for these reasons a narrow market.
From The Evolution of Modern Capitalism A Study of Machine Production by Hobson, J. A. (John Atkinson)
Vocabulary lists containing perishable
"Principles of Business," Vocabulary from Chapter 10
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -able, -ible
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The Dead and the Gone
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