nonfood
Americannoun
adjective
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Food prices fell 1.7% on the year, widening from a 1.6% decline in April, while nonfood prices increased by 1.9%, up from 1.8%.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
She said there has been some shift in consumer-spending patterns, as what people are spending money on is “changing from nonfood to more food categories.”
From MarketWatch • Nov. 10, 2025
The entertainment industry, social media and celebrity culture are all big drivers in nonfood uses of other species.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 26, 2023
Now we more commonly remove terrestrial animals from the wild for nonfood reasons.
From Scientific American • Jun. 29, 2023
One of the earliest cultivated plants in many parts of the Americas was grown for nonfood purposes: the bottle gourd, used as a container.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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