consumable

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Recent Examples of consumable Mission Brain supplemented these efforts by sending shipments of medical supplies and consumable equipment. Sophia Li, NPR, 17 Aug. 2025 The bills would allow other consumable hemp products that only contain cannabidiol, commonly called CBD, or cannabigerol, known as CBG. Alex Driggars, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025 As users continue to flock to social media for news, current events and public discourse, their thoughts and beliefs must be reliably relayed and easily consumable. Rodger Desai, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025 The company tried to remedy the pain with options that, on the surface, felt reasonable, especially given the fact that batteries are well-known as consumable objects that degrade over time. Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 24 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for consumable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for consumable
Adjective
  • Cooking Utensils Many cooking utensils are made of wood (flammable) or plastic (both flammable and meltable).
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 1 Sep. 2025
  • As with any craft involving light fixtures, be sure to keep fire safety in mind—this includes using non-flammable materials and LED light bulbs (rather than incandescent) for lower heat emissions.
    Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Aug. 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
  • 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
  • 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
Adjective
  • See You At The Finish Line follows Lucas, a sharp-witted, working-class rower, and George, an American golden-boy captain, whose uneasy alliance evolves into a tender but combustible love story against the backdrop of the famous boat race between Oxford and Cambridge universities.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
  • That combustible set-up blew up in the faces of the bears who needed nothing short of a Powell decrying everything Trump, not realizing that Powell favors two wonderful factors: honesty and truth.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • This loop then results in a more inflamed and damaged gut lining.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Aug. 2025
  • But Simms’ feisty grandma appeared to thrive on all the attention, expressing discomfort more with the huge black and blue bruise on the left side of her face and with the maze of inflamed insect bites on her arms, than with probing questions from reporters.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Competition, passive-aggressive zingers and hard feelings turn their relationship into a flaming hot mess.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Firemen spoke of seeing tenants sitting outside flaming buildings with their belongings neatly arranged beside them.
    Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025

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“Consumable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consumable. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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