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
  • Fuels in the area remained extremely dry and highly flammable.
    Arlyssa D. Becenti, AZCentral.com, 5 July 2025
  • In 2021, Newsom created a wildfire and forest resilience task force, which recommended the state and federal governments manage flammable overgrowth on 1 million acres of the 33 million acres of forestlands in California every year.
    Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 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
  • As in most burning issues, there is no absolutely right or wrong answer.
    Phil Blair, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 June 2025
  • 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
Adjective
  • Joaquin and Pedro together are surprisingly like a combustible, great pair.
    Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 27 June 2025
  • Shroff agreed the Israel debate is politically combustible but said Mamdani's framing has still resonated with many younger voters.
    Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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

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“Consumable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consumable. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.

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