use-by date

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Noun

use-by date (plural use-by dates)

  1. The date by which it is advised that a perishable product be consumed.
    • 2024 April 3, Howard Johnston, “TfL is overflowing with ideas... but is short of capital”, in RAIL, number 1006, page 31:
      The 2023-24 winter has come and gone without a whisper of when the cork will come out of the bottle regarding an announcement about replacing the ailing 1972 Stock, which is now 15 years past its use-by date.

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