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Recent Examples of consumable
The legislation would have barred consumable hemp products containing a cannabinoid other than CBD or CBG, which do not produce a high.
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Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Sep. 2025
Gift cards, toys, apparel, and consumable goods are expected to be the top gift purchases.
—Joan Verdon, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Cupp said the most in-demand items are often consumable supplies needed across schools and grade levels — pencils, paper, notebooks or markers.
—Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 29 Aug. 2025
Mission Brain supplemented these efforts by sending shipments of medical supplies and consumable equipment.
—Sophia Li, NPR, 17 Aug. 2025
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Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Sep. 2025
Gift cards, toys, apparel, and consumable goods are expected to be the top gift purchases.
—Joan Verdon, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Cupp said the most in-demand items are often consumable supplies needed across schools and grade levels — pencils, paper, notebooks or markers.
—Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 29 Aug. 2025
Mission Brain supplemented these efforts by sending shipments of medical supplies and consumable equipment.
—Sophia Li, NPR, 17 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for consumable
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Hazardous Materials Items such as flammable liquids, chemicals, or combustible materials should never find their place in the bedroom closet.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
4 Nov. 2025
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Store batteries away from anything flammable.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Oct. 2025
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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
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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
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Please tell me the sequel could answer the most burning question of the ’00s: How could Austin not recognize Sam in that mask?—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
13 Aug. 2025
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Cooper, 30, asked Hargitay one more burning question about the actors' on-screen alter egos: will Olivia and Elliot ever end up together?—
Victoria Edel,
People.com,
26 June 2025
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In the late twentieth century, fire agencies urged homeowners to replace flammable wooden shingles with alternatives such as Spanish tiles, which are made from non-combustible terra-cotta.—
Ingfei Chen,
New Yorker,
22 Oct. 2025
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That could mean making the blood inside their head combustible.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
22 Oct. 2025
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Macrophages, the immune cells responsible for cleanup and repair, flooded into the inflamed tissue and released a protein called serum amyloid A3 (SAA3).—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
29 Oct. 2025
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That irritation makes the airway more twitchy, more inflamed and prone to narrow.—
Bill Frist,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Blooms reach five inches across and appear in flaming red, pink, yellow, orange, and in all possible versions and mixtures of these colors.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
11 Oct. 2025
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Spotify also shared a graphic of the same design on Instagram, captioning it simply with a key emoji and flaming heart.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
29 Sep. 2025
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The valley forest has a plethora of red maple trees aflame with color in the fall.—
Dave Parfitt,
USA Today,
23 Sep. 2025
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But perhaps more importantly, Cork Tree helped the band become the therapists pumping through the speakers of a whole generation of skinny jean-wearing teens, igniting the pop-punk and emo music scene into a blazing force for the masses.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
22 Oct. 2025
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In nuclear thermal rockets, a small nuclear reactor heats up a propellant — often liquid hydrogen — to blazing temperatures in the thousands of degrees.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Consumable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consumable. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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