variants
also durable goods
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Recent Examples of durables
The top-performing subsectors were retailers, software, and consumer durables.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for durables
hard goods
Plural Noun
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Hobie rep Trevor Erickson, who for 20 years has been the retail shop’s hard goods buyer, talked about the strategy of finding just the right mix of products.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
18 Oct. 2025
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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
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“Durables.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/durables. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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