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shelf life
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shelf life [′shelf ‚līf]
(engineering)
The time that elapses before stored food, chemicals, batteries, and other materials or devices become inoperative or unusable due to age or deterioration.


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s apparel industry has already made the transition from long-run production lines making underwear, T-shirts and sweatpants to so-called flash fashions that have short shelf lives and require quick turnarounds.
Toyota has done well with flexible plants and a raft of solid pieces on the shelf to create vehicles with high quality and short shelf lives that will get youngsters thinking differently about their products.
Commercial cakes, cookies, pies, and pastries are loaded with trails fats because hydrogenated oils make baked goods seem fresher and increase product shelf lives.
 
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