How to Use sell-by date in a Sentence

sell-by date

noun
  • Or do words have a sell-by date?
    — Louis Menand, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
  • But that joke is past its sell-by date.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 4 June 2026
  • Most of the food had passed its sell-by date, but no one cared.
    — Literary Hub, 16 Mar. 2026
  • But as with many of our deals, the sell-by date is two days, max.
    — Bridget Hallinan, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Feb. 2018
  • This may even be a few days, or a week, past the sell-by date.
    — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 26 May 2026
  • 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
  • Many of us may have whizzed past our sell-by date without noticing.
    — Pat Beall, Orlando Sentinel, 30 June 2024
  • 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
  • Pay close attention to the sell-by date on the package.
    — Anne Wolf, Martha Stewart, 19 Apr. 2026
  • That passwords have reached their collective sell-by date is not new news.
    — Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Kits without these sell-by dates are not affected.
    — Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 16 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • She’s being dangled out there as the carrot, but of course that has a sell-by date.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 29 Jan. 2026
  • All of these shrimp have a sell-by date of 3/15/2027.
    — Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • If the beer goes past its sell-by date, Hensley plans to give it back to the breweries.
    — Tirion Morris, azcentral, 1 May 2020
  • 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
  • The 'For Israel' come hell or high water stance may be well past its sell-by date.
    — Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Following is a list of the affected products and their sell-by dates.
    — Kate Gibson, CBS News, 4 Dec. 2019
  • Their central point is not that liberal democracy has passed its sell-by date.
    — Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Oct. 2020
  • The stereotype of the endlessly preachy vegan is past its sell-by date.
    — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 30 Aug. 2019
  • The noteworthy thing isn’t that Lemon believed that women, like steaks, have sell-by dates.
    — Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2023
  • My sell-by date has definitely expired.
    — Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The sell-by date and lot numbers are located on the top label of each clear, plastic package.
    — Leada Gore | [email protected], al, 21 Sep. 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • Talking of sell-by dates, the main stand is well past its best and is the worst in the league — and is rightfully being replaced.
    — Andy Mitten, New York Times, 21 May 2026
  • 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
  • While shelf-stable items can last well beyond their sell-by date, their quality may start to decline after their use-by date.
    — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 7 Dec. 2025
  • While shelf-stable items can last well beyond their sell-by date, their quality may start to decline after their use-by date.
    — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 7 Dec. 2025
  • Body wash typically has a shelf life of 2 to 3 years, but the key is to read the sell-by date on the container.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 14 Jan. 2024

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