perishability
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Other factors also play a role, such as inventory levels, perishability and market competition.
From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026
The Nile Valley’s hot, dry climate is advantageous for growing wonderfully flavorful tomatoes but disadvantageous for harvesting them, given their extreme perishability once picked.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025
Another decade has come and gone, and if Iggy is still keeping an ear out for death, he seems primarily focused on listening to his own living body in all its septuagenarian perishability.
From Washington Post • Sep. 11, 2019
Food companies often choose to be near their suppliers because of concerns about perishability and the expense of shipping, said Sarah Low of the Economic Research Service of the Agriculture Department.
From New York Times • Jul. 17, 2018
What one historian has called “the perishability of revolutionary time” meant that the political will to act was also racing against the clock.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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