: something (such as food or fuel) that is consumable
—usually used in plural
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2024
Include consumable items so others understand your desire to simplify gift-giving.
—Amy Slenker-Smith, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
Kate Wagner, Curbed, 21 Oct. 2024
But fortune in the high-end consumables market has wavered wildly, forcing some players to issue profit warnings and others to revamp their entire business.
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 9 Oct. 2024
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Adjective
Sadly, Truth Seekers lasted only one season, but that makes its eight episodes an easily consumable pre-Halloween binge.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2024
Include consumable items so others understand your desire to simplify gift-giving.
—Amy Slenker-Smith, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
Noun
While this sounds interesting in theory, the end result is nothing more than a pretty toy in which a substance that defines a major facet of human and animal diversity is stripped of its context and made consumable.
—Kate Wagner, Curbed, 21 Oct. 2024
But fortune in the high-end consumables market has wavered wildly, forcing some players to issue profit warnings and others to revamp their entire business.
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 9 Oct. 2024
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“Consumable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/consumable. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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