perishable

Example Sentences

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For Ruiz, the Spanish admiral, the exercise’s greatest achievement is refreshing the perishable skill of coordinating resources from so many countries.

From The Wall Street Journal

Think small, perishable, and plausibly ironic like a single excellent chocolate bar, a slim paperback with a clever premise, or a novelty that suggests taste rather than effort.

From The Wall Street Journal

Italo Atencio, president of a national supermarkets association, said prices have dropped substantially on perishable goods such as beef, chicken and eggs because those products are sold the fastest.

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Last year, it began making same-day deliveries of perishable goods — a service it plans to expand this year, escalating the threat to delivery apps and other retailers.

From MarketWatch

But pricing and availability of perishable goods can change hourly, so Instacart wanted the chatbot to call its servers for real-time data.

From The Wall Street Journal