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Recent Examples of consumable from the Web
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All day and night, through panels, workshops, dance-alongs and opportunities to meet stars and, finally, a concert, KCON made an effort to condense this huge scene into a series of small, consumable gestures.
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Wednesday, June 14 Victim of armed robbery, 1600 block Main Street, $36.99 worth of consumable goods stolen and recovered.
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Shoplifting, $40 worth of consumable goods, Stater Bros., 1600 block Main Street.
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The chain, which generates roughly 75 percent of revenue from consumable items such as food, soap, and paper towels, is planning to open another 1,000 stores this year.
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Huge efforts will be made to recycle and reuse every drop of water, oxygen, and other consumable resources onboard.
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This performance was like that scene writ large, captured in a consumable experience.
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First Known Use of consumable
1547
consumable
Definition of consumable
: something (such as food or fuel) that is consumable —usually used in plural
Recent Examples of consumable from the Web
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Mostly small bags and containers of potato chips, cookies and sweets, but also toiletries, bottles of water and other consumables.
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Green tea is the most celebrated metabolism-boosting consumable, and for good reason.
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Oligarchs and con men erected their own castles, and vendors flush with black-market consumables clogged the streets of Moscow.
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First Known Use of consumable
1722
CONSUMABLE Defined for English Language Learners
consumable
playDefinition of consumable for English Language Learners
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—used to describe products that need to be replaced after they have been used for a period of time
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