durables

variants also durable goods

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Recent Examples of durables The top-performing subsectors were retailers, software, and consumer durables. Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 11 Nov. 2022 Much of the disinflation comes via prices for goods, which declined 0.4% from September to October, notably for durables such as appliances. The Editorial Board, WSJ, 10 Nov. 2022 For consumer durables, demand is likely to be driven by both urban and rural segments, LocalCircles said. Mimansa Verma, Quartz, 26 Sep. 2022 Comparable sales in the U.S. are set to climb 6% in the second quarter, which is higher than expected, and the company has also made progress in clearing out inventories of consumer durables. Allison Nicole Smith, Fortune, 26 July 2022 See All Example Sentences for durables
Recent Examples of Synonyms for durables
hard goods
Plural Noun
  • The production market for hard goods and technology has indeed seen only middling advancement in recent months, but the industries officials have been quick to write off may be the ones to buck the trend.
    Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 7 May 2025
  • That category includes hard goods as well as apparel and footwear.
    Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 25 Feb. 2025

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

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