Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Perishableness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Perishableness.
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- noun The quality of being
perishable .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being subject to decay or spoilage or destruction
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Examples
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The plants themselves determine this difference in perishability.
For Democracy, Bet on Peas Over Pineapples Matt Ridley 2011
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The online grocery business has proven difficult to succeed in given the perishability of fresh food and the industry's small profit margins, analysts have said.
Walmart Online Grocery Delivery Service Tested In California 2011
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Ms. Spiotta addresses the perishability of memory from many angles, but without a discernible pattern.
Quixotic Obstinance, Quicksilver Memory Sam Sacks 2011
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Even more tragically, large numbers of early movies like the second part of the incomparable Wedding March (1928) have been lost through carelessness and the perishability of nitrate film (for further details see here).
June 21st, 2009 m_francis 2009
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Dealing with their perishability is easy: Buy them fresh, bring them right home, keep them well chilled while you store them, and cook them as soon as possible, preferably the same day that you buy them.
SARA MOULTON’S EVERYDAY FAMILY DINNERS SARA MOULTON 2010
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Because of their extreme perishability, Hodo products are available only in Northern California.
Maker of artisanal tofu aims to bring sexy to soybean curd 2010
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There's always a lot of attention paid to the perishability of 50-year-old works, but I'd argue that with the relatively short shelf life most SF & Fantasy books experience, producing ANYTHING for audio download ensures it will live on.
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Because of their extreme perishability, Hodo products are available only in Northern California.
Maker of artisanal tofu aims to bring sexy to soybean curd 2010
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Dealing with their perishability is easy: Buy them fresh, bring them right home, keep them well chilled while you store them, and cook them as soon as possible, preferably the same day that you buy them.
SARA MOULTON’S EVERYDAY FAMILY DINNERS SARA MOULTON 2010
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There's an essay or series of linked essays patchworked in my mind that involve object and information persistence, perishability, pertinence, mutability, etc., which involve multiple dimensions....
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