consumable

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Recent Examples of consumable Pasteur established that consumable liquids like raw water and milk can harbor disease-causing pathogens. Bill Sullivan, The Conversation, 27 Jan. 2025 In reality, while the company that owns data centers is responsible for providing space, consumable utilities (power, water) and maintenance as well as operation and connectivity; racks and servers are owned by individual companies and other tenants. Juan Font, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025 This was primarily due to a higher mix of consumable and service revenue. Quartz Bot, Quartz, 7 Nov. 2024 Patrick announced in December that one of his priorities is banning consumable THC products, such as Delta-8 and Delta-9 products that can produce a high. Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for consumable
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Adjective
  • Remove any flammable material — including mulch, flammable plants, leaves and needles, firewood piles, patio furniture — away from wall exteriors.
    Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Listen to this article Newport Beach is using a nearly $450,000 grant to jumpstart the clearing of flammable vegetation in its Buck Gully Reserve and get homeowners nearby on board with creating defensible space around their homes to prevent wildfires.
    Erika I. Ritchie, Orange County Register, 27 Feb. 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
  • Ben Johnson has a ‘burning desire’ to be a head coach.
    Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
  • For answers to more burning questions about Season 2, plus Season 3 clues (including which Season 1 character will be coming back), read Deadline’s interview with The Night Agent showrunner Shawn Ryan.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Both instances violated fire protection procedures that require maintaining at least 5 feet of distance between hot metal surfaces and combustible material.
    Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Neighbors whose homes are farther apart face another risk: The vegetation and other combustible materials in between properties can fuel a wildfire.
    Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Use fire itself, not as a flaming wood chipper, but as a transmuting presence to which much of the landscape may already be adapted, a process that can massage the biota, not just blast it away.
    Stephen A. Pyne, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Flo Milli is closing out 2024 with yet another flaming hot freestyle.
    Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 10 Dec. 2024

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“Consumable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consumable. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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