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sell-by date

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sell-by date

noun sell-by dates

  1. The latest date by which a perishable product should be sold to the public.
  2. broadly, idiomatic An indication that something, or someone, is old and out of date. Tony Blair insists on remaining in office well past his sell-by date - yet he can afford to go.

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noun latest date by which a product can be sold

Españolfecha de caducidad, fecha de vencimiento
한국어유통 기한
日本語(包装食品などの)販売有効期限の日付
DeutschMindesthaltbarkeitsdatum, MHD, Verfallsdatum
Italianodata di scadenza

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@misc{sell_by_date_2026,
  title = {sell-by date},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sell-by%20date},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}