disposable goods

plural noun

1. Also called: disposables. consumer goods that are used up a short time after purchase, including perishables, newspapers, clothes, etc Compare durable goods

Example Sentences

"From daily disposable goods to household appliances, the wave of price hikes is spreading to non-food items as well," Shinkin Central Bank economists wrote in a note.

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But many ultra-Orthodox Jews saw the extra cost as an assault on a way of life that relies on the convenience of disposable goods to ease the challenges of managing their large families.

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As a recent piece in The Atlantic explores, the ubiquity of plastics has more to do with the petrochemical industry's need to sell its byproducts than any inherent need we have for disposable goods.

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Most of the people in the original audience for "Casablanca" still understood movies as marketable commodities, disposable goods.

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Its aim is to prolong the life of its products and dispel the idea that it makes disposable goods.

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