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shelf life

NOUN
useful life of product
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It’s bold, heavily angled and has a short shelf life?

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2026

Hostess had worked, before the Smucker acquisition, to lengthen that shelf life.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 8, 2026

“The giants of the marketplace have processed our food to death to extend shelf life and expand distribution,” he said in a 2006 interview.

From Salon • Jun. 22, 2026

Food preservatives are widely used in industrially processed foods to extend shelf life and maintain product quality.

From Science Daily • Jun. 18, 2026

It hadn’t occurred to me that I could suddenly blink into nothingness like a crashed computer with not even two years used up on my shelf life.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson



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