perishable
Example Sentences
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More than 70 percent of those exports, worth $1.4 billion, are perishable farm goods such as figs, pistachios, grapes and pomegranates.
From Barron's
“What we really notice is that sometimes people use our perishable business as a way to supplement a family tradition of recipes,” said spokesperson Kendall Coleman.
What’s more, she said, when people feel unsure about their finances, highly perishable items such as fresh, healthy food are often the first things sacrificed because they can be more expensive.
From Los Angeles Times
She’s spent her whole life being cared for by android robots while her parents are away, and stockpiling perishable resources and doomsday goods for when wildfires become too widespread to ignore.
From Salon
As part of that effort, the company created a program known as Project Fusion, according to people familiar with the matter, which entails Whole Foods workers fulfilling certain perishable orders placed on Amazon.com.
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