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How to use the word shelf-life in a Sentence?

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It's a secular theme for us, developments in automation and the internet of things give these companies a long shelf life.

Sameer Samana

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I do think there is a bipartisan desire to make sure that human rights are being respected in Afghanistan. Now, of course, I can not imagine my Democratic colleagues will be overly critical about the administration, but I can tell you they are very upset by what they see, i do think there is potentially a shelf life here, especially as we roll into an election.

Joni Ernst

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Those types of items are really nutrient dense, they have a good shelf life. If you're able to plan ahead, they're pretty versatile and you can use them in different ways. Almost at every meal you could incorporate those items.

Caroline Passerrello

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I'm concerned. This is different than most of the types of pandemics we've had in the past or the other types of disasters that I've been involved with because it has to do with people social distancing themselves, blood has a short shelf life, so it's not like we can stockpile it.

Brian Gannon

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

We're doing approximately our average monthly orders in a day, our tins have a 25-year shelf life so people are really thinking about stocking up.

James Blake

Found on CNN
4 years ago

She's done a tremendous job of building up her non-court brand. She obviously has the advantage of being attractive and still a young woman, she's built a name for herself. She's personable, likeable. I think she'll have a pretty extensive shelf-life.

Bob Dorfman

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Every member has their own calculus and certainly some of them are taking a principled position, regardless of the politics, but for the vast majority of Republican members, the lesson of the last two years is don't comment on Trump's tweets because they have a short shelf life, but the damage you can do to yourself can be permanent.

Alex Conant

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

When Jose finishes at a club there is a pattern where he falls out with players, gets disgruntled and the team dips, i can't see him staying for too long at United - maybe two or three years seems to be his shelf life at a club - but as long as he brings success United fans won't be unhappy.

Phil Neville

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

His shelf life has expired, john McAfee hasn't been close enough to the threat landscape or the community itself to truly understand the gaps in security capabilities.

Tom Kellermann

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

He's out of date and clearly way beyond his shelf-life if he thinks we should go back to the 1980s. He's confusing Times Square with Boston Common, new Yorkers may not like everything that goes on in Times Square, but we are not going back.

Mitchell Moss

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

This decision should be a reminder to the U.S. military that the shelf-life of its policy of excluding Sikh soldiers has expired, this decision makes clear that they should be given the opportunity to serve.

Amandeep Sidhu

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

A lot of people think it was a gift and a curse, i think it gave me a little more shelf life to come back. But it also gave me a little more push to come back and prove I am Justin Gatlin.

Justin Gatlin

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Reducing a beautiful, sentient whale to an ingredient on the side of a beer bottle is about as immoral and outrageous as it is possible to get, the brewery may claim that this is just a novelty product with a short shelf life, but what price the life of an endangered whale which might have lived to be 90 years?

Williams Grey

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

The average trade book has a shelf life of between milk and yogurt, except for books by any member of the Irving Wallace family - they have preservatives.

Calvin Trillin

added by anonymous
13 years ago

High fashion has the shelf life of potato salad.

Barbara Kingsolver, "Life Without Go-Go Boots" (personal essay)

added by anonymous
13 years ago

There is more stupidity then hydrogen in the universe and it has a longer shelf life.

Frank Zappa

added by anonymous
13 years ago

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