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How to use the word edible in a Sentence?

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Insect farming requires just a fraction of the land, water, and feed in comparison to the traditional livestock farming, edible insects are superfoods.

Hee Cho

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We look at the world around us today through an Indigenous perspective and try to find out what is our relationship with these plants that grow around us today as our indigenous ancestors did, is it edible, medicinal, can you craft with it, like what is the purpose, what is our relationship ?

Sean Sherman

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We have multiple issues with edible oil supplies worldwide, palm oil in Malaysia, canola in Canada and La Nina curbing soybean output in South America, we are expecting lower oil content in Canada’s canola crop due to the drought.

Dorab Mistry

Found on Reuters
2 years ago

They want me to make a drumstick sandwich. I don’t think that these are edible, but you know, whatever.

Brann Dailor

added by anonymous
2 years ago

The detainees are frustrated, rightfully so, that something as simple as being able to get meals that are edible for them and religiously compliant for them are not being attended to, i think that they particularly feel that they're just being ignored, that ICE is being dismissive, that nobody cares.

Nimra Azmi

Found on CNN
3 years ago

ralph macchio: it's gonna be incr.. wait for it... and I hope you're hungry, cause the second half of that word is edible! incredible!

Craig Thomas, Carter Bays

added by Sh9882
3 years ago

We found pieces of soft plant tissue typically found in edible roots or tubers, hinting at a plant food component in peoples' diet, these finds are important because they illustrate how our human ancestors adapted to survive the harsh environments of the last Ice Age by making use of the resources they found around them.

Alexander Pryor

Found on CNN
4 years ago

You should also wash the peels of bananas, oranges, avocados, and grapefruit with cool tap water as bacteria can transfer from the peel to the edible flesh.

Lisa Drayer

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Young children react differently to marijuana -- different than adults or teens usually do, they're more likely to be sleepy, with difficulty walking and extreme confusion after an exposure to marijuana. Also, since kids are smaller, they get a bigger dose per pound of body weight from the same-size edible product, so they are more likely to have severe effects.

Suzan Mazor

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Finding a pearl in an edible oyster is very rare, anecdotally, it's estimated to be something like 1/10,000, but I think this is being generous.

Matthew Gray

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I call it edible exploration, it's whatever works for me. It was as much an exploration of my digestive system as it was the British coastline.

Ross Edgley

Found on CNN
5 years ago

My mother, unbeknownst to me, spent the weekend making Oscar cookies, and she put glitter [ on them ], I don’t know if it was edible or what. Cookies which she then packed in disposable Tupperware boxes and brought to the show. But Kimmel's mother didn't stop there. The concerned mother proceeded to make sure all the Oscars attendees got their fill of sugar and offered her cookies the stars during the show.

Jimmy Kimmel

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

We envisioned and tested the concept of simultaneously treating astronauts’ waste with microbes while producing a biomass that is edible either directly or indirectly, depending on safety concerns, it’s a little strange, but the concept would be a little bit like Marmite or Vegemite, where you’re eating a smear of ‘microbial goo’.

Professor House

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

The insurance company made us guarantee if any of this got in the kids ’ mouths it was edible, and it tasted good, and it smelled great.

Marc Summers

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

In the past, people used to shake their heads when they thought of bugs, but now more people believe insects are edible.

Kim Jong Hee

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

I'd rather smoke a little bit and have the focus and calm that comes with it than dull my senses with big pharma pills, i don't smoke on tour because of my voice, but I'll have a cannabis lozenge or an edible on a day off to help relax my nerves.

Chelsea Wolfe

Found on CNN
8 years ago

If you look at the attributes of these crickets and these mealworms, certain things are very similar, they both need a warm environment, so they need a lot of energy. Both are efficient at using the feed. And they have a very high edible portion.

Dennis Oonincx

Found on CNN
8 years ago

A silk cup can be thrown away without harmful effects to the environment -- unlike a polystyrene cup, it's edible, so you can do smart packaging around food and can cook it with the food. It doesn't taste good, so I'm going to need some help with that.

Fiorenzo Omenetto

Found on CNN
8 years ago

It is an important statement about our concern for the environment, it is educational for our culinary team, and it provides fresh fruits, vegetables, herbs and edible flowers throughout our hotel.

David Garcelon

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I wouldn't say it would be as restaurant quality when it gets to them, but it's edible.

Voodoo Tacos owner Eric Newton

Found on CNN
9 years ago

To them, the food becomes a non-edible object and loses its value as being considered food.

Photographer Rebecca Ruetten

Found on CNN
9 years ago

If people see me holding a poisonous plant they will mistake it for being edible, some people are so keen and quick on the trigger to collect that they will pick up anything.

Jorgen Stoltz

Found on CNN
9 years ago

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