consumable

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Recent Examples of consumable This decline is due to lower instrument and consumable sales and the addition of consumer products revenue at a lower margin. Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 7 Feb. 2025 Flowers, food and other consumable items (within reasonable quantities) are acceptable, as are copies of books presented by the author, provided the subject matter is not controversial. Rachel Burchfield, People.com, 27 Dec. 2024 Senate Bill 3 bans consumable hemp products that contain any cannabinoid other than CBD or CBG, which do not produce a high, and creates new crimes for possessing or distributing the products. Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 June 2025 This always ends up having such a parallel to the conversation about passing [as cisgender] and about becoming consumable to the mainstream. Adam B. Vary, Variety, 10 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for consumable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for consumable
Adjective
  • This product is flammable, so make sure not to spray it near a grill or bonfire, Vanchinathan said.
    Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 20 June 2025
  • Unfortunately, tapping into a vast natural reservoir of flammable methane gas, the pit has been burning since then, even growing in size over time.
    David Bressan, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
Adjective
  • And all this against an inflammable backdrop of geopolitical crises including but not limited to the Israel-Hamas war and Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
    John Leicester, Quartz, 15 Apr. 2024
  • Heat also stresses old electrical systems — insulation breaks down; lubricants in relays dry out — and a not-insignificant amount of the subway’s electrical wiring dates to the 1920s and 1930s, some of it cloth-covered, inflammable, and pervious to water.
    Curbed, Curbed, 28 July 2023
Adjective
  • Keep scrolling for more can’t-miss deals and the answers to your most burning questions about Way Day.
    Ali Faccenda, People.com, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Mud puddles are courageous, too, when returning the unblinking, burning gaze of the sky’s white eye.
    contributing Monitor poets, Christian Science Monitor, 23 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The pellet mills, which have a history of setting on fire and producing piles of combustible dust, have to be built in clearings within forests so that woody fuel can be delivered.
    Tom Brown, Wired News, 14 June 2025
  • Unlike combustible products, many vaping devices are small, odorless and very easy to conceal.
    Adriana Espinosa, The Conversation, 12 June 2025
Adjective
  • Somewhat surprisingly, flaming saganaki is now also catching on in Greece, especially in tourist-heavy restaurants, such as the Athens Yacht Club.
    David Hammond, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2025
  • Among the disturbing scenes from the recent Los Angeles protests, which erupted over federal immigration raids, are those in which protestors stood around the flaming Waymos.
    Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 9 June 2025

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“Consumable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consumable. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.

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