How to Use sell-by date in a Sentence

sell-by date

noun
Definition of sell-by datenext
  • But as with many of our deals, the sell-by date is two days, max.
    — Bridget Hallinan, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Feb. 2018
  • The lot code and sell-by date can be found on a sticker on the side of the package.
    — Lindsey Lanquist, SELF, 20 Mar. 2018
  • Be sure to check the packaging date, not the sell-by date.
    — Sarah Fritsche, SFChronicle.com, 29 June 2018
  • If the beer goes past its sell-by date, Hensley plans to give it back to the breweries.
    — Tirion Morris, azcentral, 1 May 2020
  • If a carton's sell-by date has passed, a store should be pulling it from shelves.
    — Susan Choung, Women's Health, 28 June 2023
  • Check the sell-by date carefully on Blue Apron’s pledges.
    — Elizabeth Winkler, WSJ, 2 Aug. 2018
  • No need to waste a carton of eggs simply because the sell-by date on the carton has passed.
    — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 July 2022
  • Not bad for a three-decades-old comedy that would seemed to have passed its sell-by date years ago.
    — Ben Brantley, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2017
  • The items have sell-by dates through Oct. 24 and are packaged in clear plastic trays and cups of various sizes.
    — Zlati Meyer, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2017
  • There’s no sell-by date on this kind of fashion fantasy.
    — Alice Newbold, Glamour, 1 Sep. 2022
  • The noteworthy thing isn’t that Lemon believed that women, like steaks, have sell-by dates.
    — Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The stereotype of the endlessly preachy vegan is past its sell-by date.
    — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 30 Aug. 2019
  • Following is a list of the affected products and their sell-by dates.
    — Kate Gibson, CBS News, 4 Dec. 2019
  • Lastly, some products are simply close to the sell-by date, which is hardly a deal breaker in this house.
    — Amanda Shapiro, Bon Appétit, 25 May 2022
  • At least Lewis didn’t hang around beyond his sell-by date, unlike so many other CEOs.
    — Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2019
  • And these thirty-somethings are well past the sell-by date of the great players of every era that preceded them.
    — New York Times, 30 May 2021
  • The sell-by date and lot numbers are located on the top label of each clear, plastic package.
    — Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 21 Sep. 2022
  • Also, look for a sell-by date of January 25th on the container.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 5 Feb. 2022
  • Sadly, grief has its sell-by date, to some degree—not to the person who is grieving but to other people.
    — Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Thankfully, eggs have a surprisingly long shelf life if kept in a fridge — up to five weeks after their sell-by date.
    — Megan Schmidt, Discover Magazine, 7 Feb. 2020
  • The recalled products each have a sell-by date from September 28 to December 14.
    — Maggie O'Neill, SELF, 4 Oct. 2022
  • The voice: a low, guttural rasp, it’s the aural equivalent of slithering, the wheezy lamentation of a leprechaun long past his sell-by date.
    — Henry Alford, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2022
  • Their central point is not that liberal democracy has passed its sell-by date.
    — Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Oct. 2020
  • And supermarkets could sue striking deli workers for cold cuts that expire before the sell-by date.
    — Irina Ivanova, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2023
  • The sell-by date, often referred to as the expiration date, is the company's estimate of when a food item will taste best, its optimal date.
    — Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 17 July 2022
  • Talent knows no age limit, but inspiration often has a sell-by date.
    — Jody Rosen, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2022
  • The core problem for Washington is that the doctrine of strategic ambiguity that was developed at the end of the 1970s today seems long past its sell-by date.
    — David Rieff, The New Republic, 24 May 2022
  • Still, each was troubled that a food product so obviously past its sell-by date could still be in circulation.
    — David Lazarus, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2020
  • The beta, as climbers call accumulated information about a route, has a sell-by date.
    — Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2020
  • Karoline Boehm Goodnick Money is sitting on refrigerator shelves till it’s past the sell-by date.
    — Sheryl Julian, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Sep. 2022

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