as in fragile
likely to spoil or decay quickly; not likely to stay fresh for a long time if not eaten or used
Don't buy large amounts of perishable foods like produce before you leave for vacation.
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Recent Examples of perishable
What if money was a perishable good, like a sack of potatoes — or a daily newspaper?
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Big Think, 14 Aug. 2025
Sales on items like meat and other perishable foods won’t last forever, sofreezing fresh food can be a great way to keep the sale going for longer.
—Gordon Ebanks, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2025
Customers will be able to order perishable items such as produce, dairy, meat, seafood and baked goods, alongside frozen foods and household items, the company said in a statement on Wednesday.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2025
The company initially began adding perishable groceries, such as bananas, milk, eggs and bread, to its same-day delivery service in areas such as Phoenix, Orlando and Kansas City.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
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Big Think, 14 Aug. 2025
Sales on items like meat and other perishable foods won’t last forever, sofreezing fresh food can be a great way to keep the sale going for longer.
—Gordon Ebanks, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2025
Customers will be able to order perishable items such as produce, dairy, meat, seafood and baked goods, alongside frozen foods and household items, the company said in a statement on Wednesday.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2025
The company initially began adding perishable groceries, such as bananas, milk, eggs and bread, to its same-day delivery service in areas such as Phoenix, Orlando and Kansas City.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for perishable
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The giant ginkgo doesn’t change much, but everything around it does, and Enyedi seems determined to show us how fragile, and culturally contingent our idea of reality, really is.—
Leila Latif,
IndieWire,
5 Sep. 2025
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Underwater drones could one day use similar appendages to squeeze into tight spaces, explore fragile ecosystems without damage, or carry out repairs in difficult-to-reach areas.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Sep. 2025
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The automaker is the latest British company to be hit by a cybersecurity incident in recent months amid a surge in cyber and ransomware attacks globally, as increasingly sophisticated threat actors disrupt operations and compromise sensitive data.—
Pushkala Aripaka,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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Stress has been building at the long-end of the yield curve, where investors are most sensitive to fiscal credibility.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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How To Harvest Dill Flowers Dill blossoms deliver strong dill flavor in a delicate, pretty package.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
5 Sep. 2025
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Liu’s work often merges corsetry, delicate smocking, and floral motifs with a romantic yet subversive edge.—
Essence,
Essence,
4 Sep. 2025
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However, due to space constraints, not all instruments could fit inside the titanium vault, and the ones that couldn’t would be more susceptible to the inevitable degradation that would ensue from being exposed to this radiation-rich environment.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
3 Sep. 2025
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This finding raises the possibility that mammoths, as close relatives of modern elephants, might have been susceptible to similar infections.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Sep. 2025
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This is about weaponizing fear into policy to target the vulnerable communities to divide us and undermine the very fabric of our society.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Aug. 2025
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For example, SpaceX removed some heat-shield tiles from the Flight 8 upper stage to stress-test certain vulnerable areas.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Perishable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perishable. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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