consumable

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Recent Examples of consumable Service revenues for the quarter increased by 10.4%, while consumable revenues rose by 9.6%. Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 7 Feb. 2025 As an example, part of the House bill would require consumable hemp products to be sold in packages that are a single color and not transparent. Dara Kam, Sun Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2025 The sale and manufacturing of consumable hemp products meant for eating, smoking or inhaling wouldn’t be allowed. Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2025 This increase is attributed to higher consumable sales. Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for consumable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for consumable
Adjective
  • The brushy habitat surrounding the golf course includes non-native eucalyptus trees, which are known for being highly flammable.
    Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2025
  • Fire officials said the trend is even more concerning when students try it at home, where there may be younger siblings, flammable materials and limited adult supervision, increasing the risk of injury and home fires.
    Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 26 May 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
  • Mud puddles are courageous, too, when returning the unblinking, burning gaze of the sky’s white eye.
    contributing Monitor poets, Christian Science Monitor, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Equal to Tesfaye’s navel-gazing, Shults uses every trick in the music-video playbook to conjure a vivid, ultra-saturated but not quite realistic universe where the Weeknd is a brightly burning sun everyone revolves around.
    Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 15 May 2025
Adjective
  • The earlier case remained unsolved, but the parallels between the shootings are stark, echoing a combustible chapter in Israeli-Palestinian relations in which violence flared around the globe.
    Adam Goldman, New York Times, 22 May 2025
  • What new adventures could bring out—and deepen—her combustible mix of vulnerability and ferocity?
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 21 May 2025
Adjective
  • The Tigers have staged this flaming start thanks to their unique play style and positive culture and a bundle of comeback stories.
    Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 21 May 2025
  • That's pretty vague, but the season 2 teaser trailer highlights several of the aforementioned foes and woes, from a host of haunted dolls and a swarm of bees to a flaming, winged creature and the gnarly sight of Tyler (Hunter Doohan) in his Hyde form.
    Randall Colburn, EW.com, 23 Apr. 2025

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“Consumable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consumable. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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