disposable
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He expressed confidence that the retail group’s “North Star” transformation strategy can succeed, despite headwinds such as inflation hitting consumers’ disposable income.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Natalie said the popularity of disposable nappies might be a reason why parents often wait longer to potty train.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
His sudden rise had made him "an easily disposable product," he added.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
Babies can go through about 3,000 disposable diapers a year, a basic-need product that has increasingly drawn concern from child health, environmental and consumer advocates.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
Each one of them disposable, because they had the cells to make more indefinitely.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
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That's significantly more than regular disposables, which are estimated to cost around $70 a month.
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2026
The Labour administration followed through, with the disposables officially banned from sale from 1 June this year - the aim being to protect children's health and reduce damage to the environment.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2025
His philosophy is to use features like color, weight, and shape to communicate containers’ reusability, making it less plausible that people will confuse them for disposables.
From Salon ● May 2, 2024
Greenpeace campaigner Leanne Tam hopes that the new law will discourage the throwaway culture and promote reusables, instead of “greener” disposables.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 22, 2024
Today's cameras-from the disposables to the fully automated-encapsulate everything we have to know to operate them.
From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Mihai Nadin
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