stale

Example Sentences

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Granola that’s either stale — thin-sliced cardstock masquerading as crunch — or so aggressively hard it feels like a dare to your dental work.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

An editor who shall remain nameless told me today that no one seemed to care about the latest consumer price index print—that it was stale data in the wake of rising oil prices.

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

They aren’t just stale; to use Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy’s excellent new phrase, they’re as “dead as fried chicken.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 11, 2026

New food items need to be genuinely craveable and high-quality, not stale or overly processed, said food-industry veteran David Ferreira.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

And so by the time I met Aziz, she was the old woman who offered stale candy and whose house smelled like sadness.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri