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Recent Examples of edible People pull potatoes and cheese from cloth bundles and pass around plates of alpaca—the vicuña’s larger, more edible cousin. David Nolan, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 July 2025 The cap on registrations does not apply to a medical cannabis combination business or a lower-potency hemp edible retailer. Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 3 July 2025 Pets should be monitored closely when outside during the cicada emergence, and possibly for some time beyond because adult cicadas will leave edible exoskeletons all over the ground. Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025 Death cap mushrooms are easily mistaken for other edible varieties, and reportedly possess a sweet taste that belies their potent toxicity. Preston Fore, Fortune, 7 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for edible
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Adjective
  • Nightmares and negative emotions during dreams were also more common among study participants who reported unhealthier eating patterns, Nielsen told Health.
    Kristen Fischer, Health, 8 July 2025
  • The county’s southern portion of I-Drive, meanwhile, includes more eating and entertainment options, the 400-foot high Orlando Eye Ferris wheel, higher-end hotels, the Orange County Convention Center and SeaWorld’s theme parks.
    Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 May 2025
Adjective
  • Via a show kitchen, diners will be able to watch chefs prepare the tasting menu, inspired by a knotted garden, which is believed to always contain something green, in flower, or eatable.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 28 Sep. 2023
  • The remaining trees are Adirondack crabapple trees, another fragrant tree that blooms white flowers bearing dime-sized apple-like fruit and autumn brilliance serviceberry or juneberry, which Desotelle said bears an eatable fruit that’s a cross between an apple and a blueberry.
    La Risa R. Lynch, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2022

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“Edible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/edible. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.

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