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Recent Examples of durablesIn fact, monthly data suggest consumer spending is flat or falling, especially on goods, and not just big-ticket durables.—Greg Ip, WSJ, 28 July 2022 For consumer durables, demand is likely to be driven by both urban and rural segments, LocalCircles said.—Mimansa Verma, Quartz, 26 Sep. 2022 That forced the group to sell off stakes in some core assets such as consumer durables business Eureka Forbes and renewable energy outfit Sterling Wilson Renewable Energy.—Anu Raghunathan, Forbes, 29 June 2022 Thus, expect spending on consumer durables to taper down gradually but not severely.—Bill Conerly, Forbes, 9 June 2022 See All Example Sentences for durables
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hard goods
Plural Noun
The production market for hard goods and technology has indeed seen only middling advancement in recent months, but the industries officials have been quick to write off may be the ones to buck the trend.
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Kate Nishimura,
Sourcing Journal,
7 May 2025
That category includes hard goods as well as apparel and footwear.
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