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Discover LudwigThe phrase "sell-by date" is correct and usable in written English.
It is usually used to refer to the date printed on a food item's packaging which informs retailers when the item should no longer be displayed for sale in order to ensure its freshness. For example, "We must make sure that all of the fruits and vegetables in aisle three are removed before their sell-by date."
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sell-by date
noun
The final date on which a perishable product can be legally sold to the public.
Exact(41)
There's a sell-by date.
And, sometimes, what's the sell-by date?
Oasis were past their sell-by date.
"Check the sell-by date," one says.
Frozen meat does not require a sell-by date.
"Kidneys have no sell-by date," a doctor says.
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Are pensions past their sell by date?
"It must be well past its sell by date".
America's traditional school model is long past its "sell by" date.
Online multiplayer helps extend the sell by date.
The "sell by" date, for example, only informs the retailer.
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