sell-by date

Noun

Meaning

a date stamped on perishable produce indicating the date by which it should be sold

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

expiration date date of expiry expiration time expiry date use-by date best-by date date of expiration date of termination term of validity date of the expiry length of validity duration of the validity termination date

Hypernyms

date

Examples

Models have a sell-by date. There are certain jobs I don't do anymore, like the young, sexy, cute things for teenagers, or even 25-year-old girls. I go in a different bracket now. Heidi Klum

I have long argued that we need to reopen Alcatraz to house government criminals, and let tourists on excursion boats in San Francisco Bay pay to chum the water with meat with an expired sell-by date that would otherwise have to be discarded. L. Neil Smith

I am dismayed to realize that much of the advice I used to parcel out to aspiring writers has passed its sell-by date. Susan Orlean

A sex symbol? A symbol of sex? I don't think that I am a sex symbol, although it's very flattering. I'm 59, now, so I think I'm possibly past my sell-by date. I think I am. Liam Neeson

To me, England is past its sell-by date. It's not the country I grew up in. Vinnie Jones

Close letter words and terms

sell woof tickets sell yourself short sell- out sell-sword sell-through Sella