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- adj. (of perishable goods) treated to stay fresh longer than usual
Examples
“So-called long-life bulbs will last up to 3,000 hours, but they may not put out as much light as others.”
“WCL won the bid for an iron-ore project in Liberia that has long-life potential, with iron-ore resources exceeding one billion metric tons and saleable product of 330 million tons.”
The Wall Street Journal: Vedanta Enters Scramble for African Ore
“Dernbach, born in Johannesburg, could have tipped the balance six to five in favour of post-colonial backpack man, a defining moment in what future England cricket historians may call The Theme Pub Years, an era when England players came gurgling straight out of the barrel ready-made, like a pint of brilliantly homogenised long-life Australo-Irish lager-stout product, obliterating once and for all the real ale raggedness of our indigenous tickle-stick-flailing Morris‑cricket traditions.”
The Guardian: Colonial promiscuity in danger of diluting test cricket's pleasures | Barney Ronay
“That means that not only is the chateau powered with renewable energy (wood chips discarded by local sawmills), but it has a wastewater recycling system, uses long-life light bulbs (sometimes even candles), composts food scraps and trains its staff to sort trash from recyclables.”
The Huffington Post: Pam Grout: Fairytales Come True in Czech Republic Castle
“I think it is possible to have it all: excitement, stability and a long-life.”
The Huffington Post: Revealed: The Secret to Long Life and Happiness
“But the Pirates 'enthusiasm for their material goes beyond the simple desire to irk a bunch of stuffed shirts in a major entertainment company (not that there isn't something to be said for having that as your long-life goal).”
“The reduced scale of Production could be accomodated by design of long-life Products.”
In Praise of Temperance, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“Typically your widget stops widgeting within a week after expiry date … be it a washing machine, microwave, TV, or long-life bulb.”
“Parmalat filed for bankruptcy in December 2003 after a decade-long fraud left the maker of long-life milk, yogurts and juice saddled with €14 billion $20.2 billion in debt.”
The Wall Street Journal: Four Banks Acquitted in Parmalat Case
“Angela Hartnett, meanwhile, takes a tip from her old mucker Gordon Ramsay in her book Cucina, and uses long-life cream to "stabilise" the mixture, along with full-fat milk.”
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